The Inconsistency of Eclecticism
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 15 (5) , 607-622
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a150607
Abstract
The epistemological and political characteristics of Marxian science distinguish it from empiricist science and from explanations using nonmaterialist abstraction. It is argued that these differences preclude the combination of Marxian with non-Marxian categories and the selective adoption of some Marxian insights rather than the whole theoretical ‘package’.Keywords
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