Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:32:48 +0100
From: Mervyn Hartwig <mh-AT-jaspere.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: BHA: Critical Realism and History



Hi Viren, Toby,

>William Sewell only recently became a critical realist, but
>claims to have been following similar principles in most of his historical
>writings. 

Viren: If you have it ready to hand, could you please post the reference
where he says this?

Toby: Brian Pinkstone <b.pinkstone-AT-uws.edu.au>
has written extensively on Australian economic history, e.g. *Global
Connections: a History of Exports and the Australian Economy* as well as
more theoretically oriented articles in ec hist which bring in CR.

Thanks,

Mervyn


viren viven murthy <vvmurthy-AT-midway.uchicago.edu> writes
>Welcome to the list Toby,
>
>I interested in applying Bhaskar's methodology to the study of
>intellectual history and so I have also been looking for works that
>interpret history from a critical realist perspective.
>
>One person who explicitly invokes a critical realist paradigm when writing
>history is Peter Manicas.  You may want to take a look at his <<A History
>and Philosophy of the Social Sciences>> and <<War and Democracy>>.
>
>William Sewell only recently became a critical realist, but
>claims to have been following similar principles in most of his historical
>writings.  His most famous book is <<Work and Revolution in France>>, but
>you may also want to look at his book on Abey Seyes.  He also has an
>important article on the  French Revolution as an event ( which he defines
>in opposition to structure) in the journal <<Theory
>and Society>>.
>
>On the other hand, I think that there would be a great deal of overlap
>between the work of a critical realist historian and a Marxist
>historian.  However, given Bhaskar's new turn, I suspect that
>Transcendental Dialectical Critical Realists would deal with religion
>differently.
>
>Best,
>
>Viren


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