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Reality and Its Depths

A Conversation Between Savita Singh and Roy Bhaskar

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  1. Savita Singh

    1. School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

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  2. Roy Bhaskar

    1. London, UK

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  3. Mervyn Hartwig

    1. (Emeritus), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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  • A highly distinctive work on the philosophy of critical realism and meta-reality
  • Outlines a Vedic dimension to Roy Bhaskar’s thoughts
  • Elaborates on the fundamental concept that ‘you are a unique, concretely singular individual’
  • Provides compelling “Achilles’ heel” metacritiques of Nietzsche, Derrida, Marx and Marxism

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Childhood and University

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 1-22

  3. Transcendental Realism and Critical Naturalism

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 23-52

  4. The Transitions to Dialectical Critical Realism and the Theory of Everyday Transcendence

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 53-68

  5. How False Theories Work: TINA Formations and the Critique of Irrealism

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 69-82

  6. Recovery of Truth and the Dialectic of Self-realisation

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 83-97

  7. God, the Cosmic Envelope and the Self

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 99-132

  8. The Emotions, Thought and Self-realisation

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 133-152

  9. Critique of Modernism and Postmodernism

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 153-180

  10. The Question of Women

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 181-192

  11. Recognition and Immortality, Failure and Success

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 193-211

  12. Re-enchanting Reality: Practical Ways to Become Freer

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 213-224

  13. Conclusion

    • Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig
    Pages 225-236

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 237-243
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About this book

This book on the philosophy of critical realism and meta-Reality and its development is based on conversations between Roy Bhaskar, the originator of the philosophy, and Savita Singh, a distinguished Indian poet and social theorist. The wide range of topics covered include the priority of being over thought, reversing the traditional emphasis in the West;  transcendence as an everyday phenomenon; the prefiguration of the good society in the characteristic labour of women; the metacritique of Nietzsche and Derrida, and of Marx and Marxism; recognition and immortality; and the principle of hermeticism: there is no authority but yourself. The book will appeal to anyone wanting to understand Roy Bhaskar’s thought, and offers a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in critical realism and its development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

    Savita Singh

  • London, UK

    Roy Bhaskar

  • (Emeritus), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

    Mervyn Hartwig

About the authors

Savita Singh is a distinguished feminist poet (writing in both Hindi and English),  political theorist and commentator on gender issues. She has received many awards for poetry and her work is translated in several  languages including French, German and Spanish. She has worked in the area of  Indian modernity, feminist literature and culture and labour. She is the founding director, currently professor, in the School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University.
 
Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014) was the originator of the philosophy of critical realism and the author of many acclaimed and influential works, including A Realist Theory of Science; The Possibility of Naturalism; Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom; The Philosophy of MetaReality; Enlightened Common Sense and (with Mervyn Hartwig) The Formation of Critical Realism.
 
Mervyn Hartwig is founding editor (retired) of Journalof Critical Realism and editor and principal author of Dictionary of Critical Realism. He has written introductions to all Roy Bhaskar’s single-author books, which were reissued by Routledge 2008-2016, and most recently has edited Bhaskar’s 1971 DPhil thesis, Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences for publication (2018).


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reality and Its Depths

  • Book Subtitle: A Conversation Between Savita Singh and Roy Bhaskar

  • Authors: Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4214-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4213-8Published: 20 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4216-9Published: 20 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4214-5Published: 19 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 243

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Critical Theory, Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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