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This work offers a systematic and critical discussion of Peter Winch's writings on the philosophy of the social sciences. The author points to Winch's tendency to over-emphasize the importance of language and communication, and his insufficient attention to the role of practical, technological activites in human life and society. It also offer s an appendix devoted to the controversy between the anthropologists Marshall Sahlins and Gananath Obeyesekere regarding Captain James Cook's Hawaiian adventures. Review: Lerner's overall account of Winch is insightfully critical. Lerner's own notion of instrumental pluralism seems fruitful and would repay further study.. -Paul O'Grady, Trinity College, Dublin/ Signs, 2004
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