Critical Theory and MethodologyRecipient 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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... concerned with the reconstruction of critical theory as a specific research program (Chaps. 1, 4, 67, 1112), whereas the other half treat metatheoretical and methodological issues in a manner that is not necessarily specific or unique ...
... concerned with the reconstruction of critical theory as a specific research program (Chaps. 1, 4, 67, 1112), whereas the other half treat metatheoretical and methodological issues in a manner that is not necessarily specific or unique ...
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... concerned with reconstructing a social scientific perspective that has provided one of the most powerful responses to the cultural and socioeconomic crises implied by these terms of debate. The notion of a scientific or scholarly ...
... concerned with reconstructing a social scientific perspective that has provided one of the most powerful responses to the cultural and socioeconomic crises implied by these terms of debate. The notion of a scientific or scholarly ...
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... concerned with the same object of inquiry: the social and cultural life of humanity? But, many would argue, the humanities employ distinctive methods because they do not aspire to be scientific in the strict sense as do the social ...
... concerned with the same object of inquiry: the social and cultural life of humanity? But, many would argue, the humanities employ distinctive methods because they do not aspire to be scientific in the strict sense as do the social ...
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... concern with unveiling ideological mystifications in social relations; but another even more fundamental connotation is methodological, given a concern with critique as involving establishing the presuppositions of approaches to the ...
... concern with unveiling ideological mystifications in social relations; but another even more fundamental connotation is methodological, given a concern with critique as involving establishing the presuppositions of approaches to the ...
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... concern with the simultaneous critique of society and the envisioning of new possibilities. Critique in this sense is concerned with normative theory, theory about values and what ought to be. Critical imagination is required to avoid ...
... concern with the simultaneous critique of society and the envisioning of new possibilities. Critique in this sense is concerned with normative theory, theory about values and what ought to be. Critical imagination is required to avoid ...
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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