ABSTRACT
This book is a collection of critical engagements with Andrew Sayer, one of the foremost postdisciplinary thinkers of our times, with responses from Sayer himself.
Sayer’s ground-breaking contributions to the fields of geography, political economy and social theory have reshaped the terms of engagement with issues and debates running from the methodology of social science through to the environment, and industrial development to the ethical dimensions of everyday life. Transatlantic scholars across a wide range of fields explore his work across four main areas: critical realism; moral economy; political economy; and relations between social theory, normativity and class.
This is the first full-length critical assessment of Sayer’s work. It will be of interest to readers in sociology, economics, political economy, social and political philosophy, ethics, social policy, geography and urban studies, from upper-undergraduate levels upwards.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
The Nature and Scope of Realism
part II|46 pages
Dimensions of Moral Economy
chapter Chapter 5|11 pages
Critical Realism and Moral Economy
part III|64 pages
Applications in Political Economy
chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Andrew Sayer on Inequality, Climate Emergency and Ecological Breakdown
part IV|44 pages
Social Theory, Normativity and Class
chapter Chapter 13|11 pages
A Social Scientist for Our Times
part V|20 pages
Responses