Citation

Kaul N. Camb. J. Econ. 2002; 26(6): 709-726.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Cambridge Political Economy Society, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/cje/26.6.709

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to initiate a dialogue between critical realism (CR) and what is termed a 'post'ist perspective'. This amalgamated perspective is composed of relatively recent transdisciplinary theoretical approaches such as poststructuralism, deconstruction, feminism and postcolonial theory. Such a conversation between CR and post'isms within economics has not been attempted before. I shall argue that this uncommon methodological exchange is worth pursuing, since it allows us to raise important new questions. After the initial stage‐setting, the dialogue proceeds in two parts. In the first part, aspects of CR are evaluated using post'ist insights. In the second part, certain underconsidered theoretical domains in CR are highlighted. I conclude by sketching the outline of a possible non‐universalist and strategically essentialist way of considering knowledge--as a Contextual Social Political Economy praxis.