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Choosing a title for a book is always an agony – just as difficult as naming one’s
children (mine, incidentally, are called Rhino and Rosebud). On this occasion I have
ended up with a rather prosaic effort. It may be of interest to lift the cover on the reject
pile, however, for this will give the reader a useful first glimpse of the content. The subtitle,
the ‘realist’ bit, was straightforward enough. We academics love our symbols and
totems, and everything I have written is in the name of realist methodology. So there’s
some dogged consistency to start with, though I should make clear from the outset that
my understanding of realism does not square entirely with that of all other members
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