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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... relations between critical theory and feminist theory, though that is only a theme insufficiently alluded to here. Among recent and current graduate students here at the University of Alberta, I would like to single out several who have ...
... relations between critical theory and feminist theory, though that is only a theme insufficiently alluded to here. Among recent and current graduate students here at the University of Alberta, I would like to single out several who have ...
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... relations between the physical features of the earth and its human populations. More recently, communications ... relation to the humanities. The point of departure of critical theorythe social science perspective that is the focus of ...
... relations between the physical features of the earth and its human populations. More recently, communications ... relation to the humanities. The point of departure of critical theorythe social science perspective that is the focus of ...
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... relations; but another even more fundamental connotation is methodological, given a concern with critique as involving establishing the presuppositions of approaches to the nature of reality, knowledge, and explanation; yet another ...
... relations; but another even more fundamental connotation is methodological, given a concern with critique as involving establishing the presuppositions of approaches to the nature of reality, knowledge, and explanation; yet another ...
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... relations also mediate power relations to create various forms of alienation and inhibit the realization of human possibilities. In this respect, critical theory is a kind of conflict theory in that it is recognized that relations of ...
... relations also mediate power relations to create various forms of alienation and inhibit the realization of human possibilities. In this respect, critical theory is a kind of conflict theory in that it is recognized that relations of ...
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... relations to problems of society as a whole. Whatever else it has become, it has always remained a theory of society ... relation to sociology should not be allowed to obscure the inherently “ supradisciplinary “ character of critical ...
... relations to problems of society as a whole. Whatever else it has become, it has always remained a theory of society ... relation to sociology should not be allowed to obscure the inherently “ supradisciplinary “ character of critical ...
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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