This book is a systematic attempt to understand the circumstances in which social science can contribute to the critical assessment of social institutions. The author makes a distinctive contribution to analyzing fundamental problems of modern philosophy and social theory, expanding upon his previous writings in this area. Fay defines a "critical social science" as an attempt to understand in a rational fashion the nature of a just and humane social order and discusses both the limitations and the possibilities of what such an understanding can achieve.
- ISBN10 0745604218
- ISBN13 9780745604213
- Publish Date 23 July 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 February 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 275
- Language English