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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... that the decisive feature that separates the practice of the human and natural sciences is the problem of interpreting meanings in social life . Although critical theory has 8 METATHEORY : GROUNDING METHOD Critical Theory as a Human ...
... that the decisive feature that separates the practice of the human and natural sciences is the problem of interpreting meanings in social life . Although critical theory has 8 METATHEORY : GROUNDING METHOD Critical Theory as a Human ...
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... HUMAN SCIENCES Interim Developments The opposition between the universal and the unique , between nomothetic analysis and idiographic description , is a false anti- nomy . ( Pierre Bourdieu in ... Human Sciences: Interim Developments.
... HUMAN SCIENCES Interim Developments The opposition between the universal and the unique , between nomothetic analysis and idiographic description , is a false anti- nomy . ( Pierre Bourdieu in ... Human Sciences: Interim Developments.
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... science as we know it to exist , there must be some a priori or pre - given characteris- tics of the human mind ( e.g. , the capacity to perceive space and time ) .3 Although these a priori ( or transcendental ) categories are the ...
... science as we know it to exist , there must be some a priori or pre - given characteris- tics of the human mind ( e.g. , the capacity to perceive space and time ) .3 Although these a priori ( or transcendental ) categories are the ...
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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