Critical Theory and MethodologySAGE Publications, 1994 M06 29 - 381 pages Critical Theory traces its roots from Marxism, through the renowned Frankfurt School, to a wide array of national and cultural traditions. Raymond Morrow's book traces the history and outlines the major tenets of critical theory for an undergraduate audience. He exemplifies the theory through an analysis of two leading social theorists: J[um]urgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Unique to this volume is the emphasis on the link between Critical Theory and empirical research and social science methodology, often thought to be incompatible. |
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Page 58
... inquiry . Positivist approaches are rejected because of their re- ductionism ; the tension between subjectivism and objectivism evident in Weber is resolved in terms of the primacy of meaning in social action . This position goes back ...
... inquiry . Positivist approaches are rejected because of their re- ductionism ; the tension between subjectivism and objectivism evident in Weber is resolved in terms of the primacy of meaning in social action . This position goes back ...
Page 71
... inquiry to the social practices involved in guaranteeing that logic prevails over unreason . Accordingly his most general definition of scientific inquiry is a process of " conjectures and refutations " where knowledge is always recog ...
... inquiry to the social practices involved in guaranteeing that logic prevails over unreason . Accordingly his most general definition of scientific inquiry is a process of " conjectures and refutations " where knowledge is always recog ...
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... inquiry and practice . All too often statements about recommended relations of theory and practice are voiced in abstract terms without reference to particular contexts of practice . In the process we discuss three locales of inquiry ...
... inquiry and practice . All too often statements about recommended relations of theory and practice are voiced in abstract terms without reference to particular contexts of practice . In the process we discuss three locales of inquiry ...
Contents
What Is Critical Theory? | 3 |
Approaching Methodology | 37 |
The SubjectivistObjectivist Polarization | 53 |
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Critical Theory and Methodology Raymond A. Morrow,Raymond Allen Morrow,David D. Brown Limited preview - 1994 |
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