The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism

The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism Author(s) Norma Romm Editor(s) Norma Romm Publisher Palgrave Macmillan London Pages 208 ISBN-13 =978-1-349-12133-5 ISBN-10 978-1-349-12131-1 LCCN https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12131-1 Year 1991 Link https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-12131-1

Focusing on the methodological principles which underlie sociologists' study of social reality, this text offers clarification and outlines how the different approaches to study originate from various methodogical and philosophical traditions.

Chapter	Pages
General Introduction	1-8
Positivism as a Theory of Science	9-54
Positivism in Sociology	55-81
Marxist Realism as a Theory of Science	82-107
Marxist Realism in Sociology	108-131
Marxist Nonrealism as a Theory of Science	132-157
Marxist Nonrealism in Sociology	158-181
Summary of the Debate	182-189