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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... involved in these more specialized debates. In particular, the methodological notion of interpretive structuralism has an ecumenical objective: It seeks to draw out the similarities between a number of research approaches that are more ...
... involved in these more specialized debates. In particular, the methodological notion of interpretive structuralism has an ecumenical objective: It seeks to draw out the similarities between a number of research approaches that are more ...
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... involvement of individuals and institutions: we create society at the same time as we are created by it. . . . Social systems are like buildings that are at every moment constantly being reconstructed by the very bricks that compose ...
... involvement of individuals and institutions: we create society at the same time as we are created by it. . . . Social systems are like buildings that are at every moment constantly being reconstructed by the very bricks that compose ...
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... involved in studying it (Harvey 1990, p. 32). As Sociocultural Critique This focus on relations of domination is connected intimately with critical theory's concern with the simultaneous critique of society and the envisioning of new ...
... involved in studying it (Harvey 1990, p. 32). As Sociocultural Critique This focus on relations of domination is connected intimately with critical theory's concern with the simultaneous critique of society and the envisioning of new ...
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... involved the emergence in the 1960s of a new generation under the leadership of Jürgen Habermas (1929), who radically revised critical theory to ensure its continuing relevance as a critique of the emergent form of advanced capitalism ...
... involved the emergence in the 1960s of a new generation under the leadership of Jürgen Habermas (1929), who radically revised critical theory to ensure its continuing relevance as a critique of the emergent form of advanced capitalism ...
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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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