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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... knowledge claims based on their ability to “interpret” culture, as opposed to constructing scientific explanations of it. But is this opposition so fundamental? Literary historians necessarily do invoke explanatory principles derived ...
... knowledge claims based on their ability to “interpret” culture, as opposed to constructing scientific explanations of it. But is this opposition so fundamental? Literary historians necessarily do invoke explanatory principles derived ...
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... knowledge, and explanation; yet another dimension of critique is associated with the selfreflexivity of the investigator and the linguistic basis of representation. All of these are central to contemporary critical theory. Two basic ...
... knowledge, and explanation; yet another dimension of critique is associated with the selfreflexivity of the investigator and the linguistic basis of representation. All of these are central to contemporary critical theory. Two basic ...
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... knowledge in the sense that every person is recognized de facto as a philosopher and encouraged to develop the faculties of fundamental questioning. At the same time, however, there is a refusal to identify the adequacy of theories with ...
... knowledge in the sense that every person is recognized de facto as a philosopher and encouraged to develop the faculties of fundamental questioning. At the same time, however, there is a refusal to identify the adequacy of theories with ...
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... knowledge. 3. Of crucial significance here is Durkheim's use of “structuralist,” as opposed to “empiricist,” methods in his later work on the sociology of religion. 4. More familiar to sociologists until the past decade was the closely ...
... knowledge. 3. Of crucial significance here is Durkheim's use of “structuralist,” as opposed to “empiricist,” methods in his later work on the sociology of religion. 4. More familiar to sociologists until the past decade was the closely ...
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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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