Critical Theory and MethodologySAGE Publications, 1994 M06 24 - 390 pages Recipient of Choice Magazine′s 1996 Outstanding Academic Book Award Author Raymond Morrow outlines and recounts the development of the major tenets of critical theory, exemplifying them through the works of two of their most influential, recent adherents: Jürgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Beginning with a comprehensive yet meticulous explication of critical theory and its history, the author next discusses it within the context of a research program; his work concludes with an examination of empirical methods. Emphasizing the connections between critical theory, empirical research, and social science methodology, Morrow′s volume offers refreshing insights on traditional and current material. |
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... context of a dialogue with Habermas and critical theory generally. For accidental reasons we did not become aware of Douglas Porpora's The Concept of Social Structure (1987) until the last minute, even though our project would have ...
... context of a dialogue with Habermas and critical theory generally. For accidental reasons we did not become aware of Douglas Porpora's The Concept of Social Structure (1987) until the last minute, even though our project would have ...
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... context the notion of paradigm of research refers to the full range of assumptions and practices associated with fundamental theoretical approaches, not this or that system of abstract concepts associated with the “theory.” The task of ...
... context the notion of paradigm of research refers to the full range of assumptions and practices associated with fundamental theoretical approaches, not this or that system of abstract concepts associated with the “theory.” The task of ...
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... context it became possible to understand more fully the contributions of the “dialectical imagination” of the Frankfurt School tradition of social and cultural research (Jay 1973). Critical. Theory. as. a. Human. Science. As a Human Science ...
... context it became possible to understand more fully the contributions of the “dialectical imagination” of the Frankfurt School tradition of social and cultural research (Jay 1973). Critical. Theory. as. a. Human. Science. As a Human Science ...
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... context his injunction to treat “social facts” as “things” is taken more or less literally. Further, he is recognized as the pioneer of functionalist theory and its conservative concern with the problem of “social order” and the ...
... context his injunction to treat “social facts” as “things” is taken more or less literally. Further, he is recognized as the pioneer of functionalist theory and its conservative concern with the problem of “social order” and the ...
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... context, we employ the term critical theory in a broadly ecumenical manner, with the boundary of neoMarxist theory on its left and neoWeberian conflict theory on its right. NeoMarxist theory is defined by its continuing concern to ...
... context, we employ the term critical theory in a broadly ecumenical manner, with the boundary of neoMarxist theory on its left and neoWeberian conflict theory on its right. NeoMarxist theory is defined by its continuing concern to ...
Contents
Between Subjectivism | |
Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism and Empiricism | |
A Historical | |
Interim | |
Beyond Objectivism | |
Giddens | |
Reflexive Procedures | |
Empirical Procedures in Critical Research | |
Contexts of Critical Empirical Research | |
Theory and Practice | |
About the Authors | |
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Critical Theory and Methodology Raymond A. Morrow,Raymond Allen Morrow,David D. Brown Limited preview - 1994 |
Critical Theory and Methodology Raymond A. Morrow,Raymond Allen Morrow,David D. Brown Snippet view - 1994 |
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