Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:07:19 +0100
To: bhaskar-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: BHA: BASIC QUESTION ON READINGS


Hi Ralph,

Of course, I have a specific spin on this as you know. But my advice has
always been, and I nicked this phrase from Dave Spurret I think (hi Dave),
that RTS is a "non-negotiable starting point" for understanding Bhaskar.
Also, given that you cite your intertests as:

>I'm much more interested in the critique of idealism--the shits like
>Dilthey, Nietzsche, and Heidegger that nurse the monster of postmodernism.

I'd say RTS and PON are essential reading, since one of the main things i
took from these (read in conjunction with Kolakowski's book on positivism)
is that the pomos are a lot closer to the positivists than is generally
recognised. 


But maybe start with 'Reclaiming Reality' if you can get a hold of it.

Thanks,




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Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
SY23 3DA

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