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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... crucial for those relatively inexperienced in completing a book. More distantly, in 1978 Peter Bruck (now at Carleton University in communications) organized a conference at Concordia University (Montreal) on “Critical Theory and ...
... crucial for those relatively inexperienced in completing a book. More distantly, in 1978 Peter Bruck (now at Carleton University in communications) organized a conference at Concordia University (Montreal) on “Critical Theory and ...
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... crucial aspects of my understanding of many key issues stem from our dialogue about theory and methods during the past few years. The foundations for this slowly gestating project were laid (often unknowingly) by diverse, even ...
... crucial aspects of my understanding of many key issues stem from our dialogue about theory and methods during the past few years. The foundations for this slowly gestating project were laid (often unknowingly) by diverse, even ...
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... crucial point is that there are competing conceptions of what kind of scientific activity social science should be. As we shall see, if it is no longer credible to refer to “the scientific method” in the singular, our understanding of ...
... crucial point is that there are competing conceptions of what kind of scientific activity social science should be. As we shall see, if it is no longer credible to refer to “the scientific method” in the singular, our understanding of ...
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... crucial to the formation of contemporary sociology are Karl Marx (18181883), Max Weber (18641920), and Emile Durkheim (18581917). In the cases of Karl Marx and Max Weber–the most influential classical German sociologists–their decisive ...
... crucial to the formation of contemporary sociology are Karl Marx (18181883), Max Weber (18641920), and Emile Durkheim (18581917). In the cases of Karl Marx and Max Weber–the most influential classical German sociologists–their decisive ...
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... crucial aspect of this new constellation is the breakup of Critical Theory, particularly the separation made between Habermas, on the one hand, and Adorno and Benjamin, on the other” (Hohendahl 1991, p. 202). The work of Habermas is ...
... crucial aspect of this new constellation is the breakup of Critical Theory, particularly the separation made between Habermas, on the one hand, and Adorno and Benjamin, on the other” (Hohendahl 1991, p. 202). The work of Habermas is ...
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 |
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