The flight from reality in the human sciences

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In this captivating yet troubling book, Ian Shapiro offers a searing indictment of many influential practices in the social sciences and humanities today. Perhaps best known for his critique of rational choice theory, Shapiro expands his purview here. In discipline after discipline, he argues, schol...

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Main Author: Shapiro, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
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