Arguing that the beginnings of the social sciences extend much further backthan is generally realized Lynn McDonald traces the methodologicalfoundations researc... » 

Arguing that the beginnings of the social sciences extend much further backthan is generally realized Lynn McDonald traces the methodologicalfoundations research techniques and basic concepts of the social sciencesfrom their earliest origins to the beginning of this century. This thoroughinvestigation enables her to provide empirical refutation of recent radicalfeminist and environmentalist critiques that assert that the social sciencesinevitably support the power relations of the status quo are antithetical tothe interests of women and are inherently linked to the domination anddestruction of nature. «