books by Andrew M. Koch

books by Andrew M. Koch

books:

Andrew M. Koch

Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method
Andrew M. Koch

Lexington Books, 2007

Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method examines the political possibilities emerging with poststructuralist epistemology. Beginning with the premises for the construction of knowledge claims, Koch explores the dimensions of materialism, democracy, power, leftist politics, and other themes emerging from the this twentieth century philosophic ...

Knowledge and Social Construction
Andrew M. Koch

Lexington Books, 2005

In Knowledge and Social Construction Andrew Koch asks: how can we know the absolute best path through politics toward a better society? We can't. However, if our claims to social knowledge are more hypothetical in nature than absolute the resultant society will be more open.

Romance and Reason: Ontological and Social Sources of Alienation in the Writings of Max Weber
Andrew M. Koch

Lexington Books, 2005

Alienation, as a theme, deeply pervaded both the work and life of Max Weber, one of the pillars of modern sociology. In this excellent new book, Andrew M. Koch analyzes the genesis of the conecpt of alienation and then, in a brilliant and imaginative turn, works to recreate the context in which Weber understood alienation in both the intellectual ...