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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... POSTMODERNISM IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: A Thematic Approach SERIES EDITORIAL BOARD Ben N. Agger, Sociology, SUNY Buffalo Robert J. Antonio, Sociology, Univ. of Kansas Wini Breines, Sociology, Northeastern Univ. Richard Harvey Brown ...
... POSTMODERNISM IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: A Thematic Approach SERIES EDITORIAL BOARD Ben N. Agger, Sociology, SUNY Buffalo Robert J. Antonio, Sociology, Univ. of Kansas Wini Breines, Sociology, Northeastern Univ. Richard Harvey Brown ...
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... postmodernist suggestion that virtually “anything goes” with respect to knowledge claims. In the process of this synthetic reconstruction, it was necessary to develop themes that may prove useful for ongoing debates within social theory ...
... postmodernist suggestion that virtually “anything goes” with respect to knowledge claims. In the process of this synthetic reconstruction, it was necessary to develop themes that may prove useful for ongoing debates within social theory ...
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... postmodernist tendencies. On the other hand, many of the most important criticisms are internal to critical theory and closely related tendencies. As a consequence, such issues constitute the central themes of ongoing debates and ...
... postmodernist tendencies. On the other hand, many of the most important criticisms are internal to critical theory and closely related tendencies. As a consequence, such issues constitute the central themes of ongoing debates and ...
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... postmodern condition has fundamentally called into question the claims that originally inspired the Enlightenment project of social science. This book is concerned with reconstructing a social scientific perspective that has provided ...
... postmodern condition has fundamentally called into question the claims that originally inspired the Enlightenment project of social science. This book is concerned with reconstructing a social scientific perspective that has provided ...
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... Postmodernism The intellectual paradox of the 1990s must be confronted at the outset: Marx was fully rehabilitated in Anglo American scholarship as a fully credible empirical ... postmodernist social theory is a much more complex topic, one.
... Postmodernism The intellectual paradox of the 1990s must be confronted at the outset: Marx was fully rehabilitated in Anglo American scholarship as a fully credible empirical ... postmodernist social theory is a much more complex topic, one.
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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