Legitimacy and the Politics of the Knowable (RLE Social Theory)

Name: Legitimacy and the Politics of the Knowable (RLE Social Theory)
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Legitimacy and the Politics of the Knowable (RLE Social Theory)Author(s): Roger Holmes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138979703, 978-1138979703\nSynopsis\nRoger Holme's work in social and industrial psychology is widely respected. The theme of this first collection of his essays is the relationship of the individual with the formal, value-laden group on the one hand and the scientifically known and the philosophically asserted on the other. Roger Holmes looks at the connexions between these two important relationships and considers them in terms of the interaction between the nature of society and the nature of the knowable.\n\nThe areas covered include the derivation of social classes, the nature of morale and the emergence of the professions and the trade unions. Subjects relating to the theory of knowledge include the nature of cross-cultural data, the relationship between empiricism and psychoanalysis, and.