TY - BOOK ID - 12072986 TI - An Ontology for Social Reality AU - Andina, Tiziana. AU - De Sanctis, Sarah PY - 2016 SN - 1137472464 1137472448 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy. KW - Philosophy and social sciences. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Social sciences KW - Political Philosophy. KW - Social Philosophy. KW - Philosophy of the Social Sciences. KW - Ontology. KW - Knowledge, Theory of. KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Being KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Metaphysics KW - Necessity (Philosophy) KW - Substance (Philosophy) KW - Political science KW - Social sciences-Philosophy. KW - Political philosophy KW - Social philosophy KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences—Philosophy. KW - Social sciences and philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12072986 AB - This book explores the complex domain of social reality, asking what this reality is, how it is composed and what its dynamics are in both theoretical and practical terms. Through the examination of some of the most important contemporary theories of social ontology, the book discusses the fundamentals of the discipline and lays the foundations for its development in the political sphere. By analyzing the notion of State and the redesign of ontology, the author argues in favor of a realist conception of the State and shows the reasons why this promotes a better understanding of the dynamics of power and the actualization of a greater justice between generations. This book captures the relationship between different generations within the same political context, and presents it as a necessary condition for the re-definition of the concepts of State and meta-State. ER -