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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... fundamental reason is that the pragmatic nature of inquiry precludes any general formulas or recipes. Different strategies of inquiry can be mastered only by close analyses of appropriate exemplary studies, combined with ongoing ...
... fundamental reason is that the pragmatic nature of inquiry precludes any general formulas or recipes. Different strategies of inquiry can be mastered only by close analyses of appropriate exemplary studies, combined with ongoing ...
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... 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 one of the most powerful ...
... 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 one of the most powerful ...
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... fundamental? Literary historians necessarily do invoke explanatory principles derived from the social sciences, and social scientists cannot escape the problems of interpreting cultural texts. Perhaps because of their shared object of ...
... fundamental? Literary historians necessarily do invoke explanatory principles derived from the social sciences, and social scientists cannot escape the problems of interpreting cultural texts. Perhaps because of their shared object of ...
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... fundamental theoretical approaches, not this or that system of abstract concepts associated with the “theory.” The task of this study is to outline the basic features of what has come to be called critical social theory, or simply ...
... fundamental theoretical approaches, not this or that system of abstract concepts associated with the “theory.” The task of this study is to outline the basic features of what has come to be called critical social theory, or simply ...
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... fundamental consequence is that critical theory is conceived essentially as a form of historical sociology (and in this sense a science of history). What is at issue here is how critical theory conceives the nature of its object of ...
... fundamental consequence is that critical theory is conceived essentially as a form of historical sociology (and in this sense a science of history). What is at issue here is how critical theory conceives the nature of its object of ...
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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