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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... identified exclusively with the ideal of deductively organized and reconstructed explanations . Much that is clearly scientific ( e.g. , in biology ) simply does not live up to these criteria . Second , his conception of ...
... identified exclusively with the ideal of deductively organized and reconstructed explanations . Much that is clearly scientific ( e.g. , in biology ) simply does not live up to these criteria . Second , his conception of ...
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... identified in the develop- ment of the critical theory tradition associated with the original Frankfurt School . In the first , neo - Marxist phase , critical theory was envisioned as a form of interdisciplinary materialism that identified ...
... identified in the develop- ment of the critical theory tradition associated with the original Frankfurt School . In the first , neo - Marxist phase , critical theory was envisioned as a form of interdisciplinary materialism that identified ...
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... identified by critical theory and its concern with intensive research designs . As recent debates have suggested , the holistic nature of comparative research has led to the dominance of intensive , small comparisons over statistical an ...
... identified by critical theory and its concern with intensive research designs . As recent debates have suggested , the holistic nature of comparative research has led to the dominance of intensive , small comparisons over statistical an ...
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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