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1. Metatheory for the 21st Century

   Critical Realism and Integral Theory in Dialogue

   Edited by Roy Bhaskar, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Nicholas Hedlund-de Witt

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   In the fall of 2011, Integral Institute and the Integral Research Center hosted the Critical Realism & Integral Theory Symposium at John F. Kennedy University, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The event was dreamed up by Roy Bhaskar and Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, was envisaged with the intention of...

   To Be Published May 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Crisis System

   A critical realist and environmental critique of contemporary economics

   Edited by Roy Bhaskar, Karl Georg Høyer, Petter Naess

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Informed by critical realist ontology, this proposed book will throw light on the nature and causes of three different, but strongly interconnected crises currently ravaging contemporary societies worldwide: an economic crisis, an ecological crisis, and a normative (or moral and...

   To Be Published April 14th 2014 by Routledge
3. The Possibility of Naturalism

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   To Be Published April 14th 2014 by Routledge
4. Critical Realism

   A Brief Introduction

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Since its inception in the 1970’s, critical realism has grown to address a broad range of subjects, including economics, philosophy, science, and religion. It has also gone through a number of key evolutions that have changed its direction, and seen it develop into a complex and mature branch of...

   To Be Published December 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. Beyond East and West

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   This is Roy Bhaskar's first systematic study of the philosophy of religion. Based on the Radhakrishnan lectures on spirituality and comparitive religion which he gave at the Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata in February and March 2002, it will attract worldwide interest and stimulate fresh...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. Fathoming the Depths of Reality

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Credited as the originator of the increasingly influential, international and multidisciplinary philosophy of critical realism, Roy Bhaskar's philosophy is presented here in perhaps the clearest format yet. In a series of dialogues with Savita Singh, the specific biographical origins, trajectory...

   Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Philosophy of MetaReality

   Creativity, Love and Freedom

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   The Philosophy of MetaReality: Creativity, Love and Freedom is the third of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar’s philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid succession in 2002. A big, rich book teaming with ideas, The Philosophy of MetaReality is undoubtedly the magnum opus of Bhaskar’s...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. From Science to Emancipation

   Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment

   By Roy Bhaskar

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment is the second of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar’s new philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid succession in 2002. With a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwig, this book contains some of the original...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
9. Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis

   Critical realism and the Nordic Contributions

   Edited by Roy Bhaskar, Petter Naess, Karl Høyer

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Building on its origins at a seminar in Oslo organized by two of the editors, this book combines classic texts of Nordic ecophilosophy and the original contributions of those influenced by this tradition to present the view that critical realism is indeed a worthy intellectual tradition to...

   Published September 28th 2011 by Routledge
10. Reflections on metaReality

    Transcendence, Emancipation and Everyday Life

    By Roy Bhaskar

    Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

    Reflections on meta-Reality is now widely regarded as a landmark in contemporary philosophy. It initiates the philosophy of meta-Reality, the third main phase of Roy Bhaskar’s philosophical thoughts, after original or basic critical realism and dialectical critical realism. Originally published in...

    Published September 26th 2011 by Routledge