Åsa Burman (formerly Andersson) is Reader in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. She is an editor of the Journal of Social Ontology. She holds a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nonideal Social Ontology is an important achievement and will form a landmark in social ontology that articulates the shortcomings of the old approach, shows why a change is needed to meet other important goals, and shows how we can do it. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the history of recent work in social ontology, or in doing social ontology going forward.

• AcknowledgmentsPermissions Introduction: Ideal and nonideal social ontology PART I. CRITIQUE: IDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 1: The Standard Model of Ideal Social OntologyChapter 2: Critique of The Standard Model of Ideal Social Ontology PART II. RECONSTRUCTION: NONIDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 3: Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 4: Critique of Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 5: Telic PowerChapter 6: A Taxonomy of Social Facts ReferencesIndex

Åsa Burman (formerly Andersson) is Reader in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. She is an editor of the Journal of Social Ontology. She holds a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nonideal Social Ontology is an important achievement and will form a landmark in social ontology that articulates the shortcomings of the old approach, shows why a change is needed to meet other important goals, and shows how we can do it. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the history of recent work in social ontology, or in doing social ontology going forward.

• AcknowledgmentsPermissions Introduction: Ideal and nonideal social ontology PART I. CRITIQUE: IDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 1: The Standard Model of Ideal Social OntologyChapter 2: Critique of The Standard Model of Ideal Social Ontology PART II. RECONSTRUCTION: NONIDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 3: Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 4: Critique of Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 5: Telic PowerChapter 6: A Taxonomy of Social Facts ReferencesIndex

Åsa Burman (formerly Andersson) is Reader in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. She is an editor of the Journal of Social Ontology. She holds a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nonideal Social Ontology is an important achievement and will form a landmark in social ontology that articulates the shortcomings of the old approach, shows why a change is needed to meet other important goals, and shows how we can do it. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the history of recent work in social ontology, or in doing social ontology going forward.

• AcknowledgmentsPermissions Introduction: Ideal and nonideal social ontology PART I. CRITIQUE: IDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 1: The Standard Model of Ideal Social OntologyChapter 2: Critique of The Standard Model of Ideal Social Ontology PART II. RECONSTRUCTION: NONIDEAL SOCIAL ONTOLOGYChapter 3: Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 4: Critique of Nonideal Social OntologyChapter 5: Telic PowerChapter 6: A Taxonomy of Social Facts ReferencesIndex