Critical Theory and MethodologyCritical Theory traces its roots from Marxism, through the renowned Frankfurt School, to a wide array of national and cultural traditions. Raymond Morrow's book traces the history and outlines the major tenets of critical theory for an undergraduate audience. He exemplifies the theory through an analysis of two leading social theorists: J[um]urgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Unique to this volume is the emphasis on the link between Critical Theory and empirical research and social science methodology, often thought to be incompatible. |
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... formal property of a given state of cognitive development , and the change from one stage to another is accom ... formal mod- els - that is , without isolating from the content of experience a formal set of constitutive elements and ...
... formal property of a given state of cognitive development , and the change from one stage to another is accom ... formal mod- els - that is , without isolating from the content of experience a formal set of constitutive elements and ...
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... formal languages does not play a major role in the way we have conceptualized social methodology . Quantification could be used as part of any of the nine identified strategies , and it is certainly used in the six strategies falling ...
... formal languages does not play a major role in the way we have conceptualized social methodology . Quantification could be used as part of any of the nine identified strategies , and it is certainly used in the six strategies falling ...
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... formal logic leaves in the dark is the nature of the “ rationality ” of the other kinds of procedures that scientists employ . Typically these simply are pushed aside as irrelevant issues that belong to the " psychology " of discovery ...
... formal logic leaves in the dark is the nature of the “ rationality ” of the other kinds of procedures that scientists employ . Typically these simply are pushed aside as irrelevant issues that belong to the " psychology " of discovery ...
Contents
What Is Critical Theory? | 5 |
Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism | 62 |
Positivism in the Social Sciences | 69 |
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Critical Theory and Methodology Raymond A. Morrow,Raymond Allen Morrow,David D. Brown Limited preview - 1994 |
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