Introduction -- Critical realism and Marxism -- Ontology and science: depth realism and dialectical materialism -- Critical materialism and social science theory -- Conclusion -- Organisms, subjects and society -- Naturalistic conceptions of individuals and society -- Sociological conceptions of individuals and society -- Conclusion -- Subjects, actors and agents -- The concept and nature of social interaction -- The function of interests and norms in social theory -- Persons, agents and actors: a realist model of interaction.
Summary
This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences.