Critical theory and methodology [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond A. Morrow, with David D. Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910479958403321
• Autore: Morrow Raymond Allen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1994
• ISBN: 1-4522-4369-7; 0-8039-4682-1; 1-4522-5403-6; 0-585-28256-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (390 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary social theory ; ; 3
• Altri autori (Persone): BrownDavid D. <1954->
• Disciplina: 301/.01
• Soggetti: Critical theory; Social sciences - Philosophy; Sociology - Methodology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-349) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Metatheory: Grounding Method; 1. Introduction: What Is Critical Theory?; Why Social Science?; Critical Theory as a Human Science; The Origins of Critical Theory; Contemporary Critical Theory; Critical Theory Now; Critiques of Critical Theory; An Agenda; 2. Foundations of Metatheory: Between Subjectivism and Objectivism; Approaching Methodology; Orienting Definitions; Basic Concepts of Metatheory; The Subjectivist-Objectivist Polarization in Metatheory; Three Approaches to Metatheory and Methodology; Conclusion; 3. Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism and EmpiricismWhy the Critique of Positivism?; Positivist Philosophies of Science; Positivism in the Social Sciences; Postempiricism and the Rise of Antifoundationalism; Postempiricist Alternatives; The Critical Realist Theory of Science; Conclusion: Rethinking Reason; Part II: Critical Theory as a Research Program; 4. Early Critical Theory as a Research Program: A Historical Introduction; From Western Marxism to Critical Theory; The Hermeneutic-Dialectical Tradition; Interdisciplinary ; Materialism as a Research Program; An Emergent Alternative Research ProgramThe Decline of a Research Program: The Dialectic of Enlightenment; Conclusion: Beyond the Crisis; 5. Postempiricist Metatheory and the Human Sciences: Interim Developments; The Weberian Challenge; Action Theories; The (Post)Structuralist Revolution(s); French Social Theory; Critical Realism and the Social Sciences; Conclusion; 6. The Metatheory of Critical Theory: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism; Rethinking Critical Theory; Knowledge Interests: Quasi Transcendentalism; Theory of Communicative Action: Reconstructive Sciences; Transcending the Subject-Object SplitConclusion; 7. Contemporary Critical Theory as a Research Program: Giddens and Habermas; Weak and Strong Research Programs for Critical Theory; Giddens: A Critique of Historical Materialism; Habermas: A Reconstruction of Historical Materialism; Complementary Critical Research Traditions; Conclusion; Part III: Critical Theory and Empirical Research; 8. Deconstructing the Conventional Discourse of Methodology: Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods; The Conventional Methods Discourse; Critique of the Discourse; Disciplinary Interests and Two Research Logics; A Taxonomy of Social Research StrategiesThe Investigative Concerns of Critical Theory; Conclusion; 9. Non-Empirical Methods: Reflexive Procedures; Logic as Rhetoric; Positivist Research and Non-Empirical Methods; Critical Theory and Non-Empirical Methods; Is There a Dialectical Method?; Conclusion; 10. Empirical Procedures in Critical Research; Explanation and Interpretation in Social Science; Intensive Research Designs; Narrative and Discourse Analysis; Conclusion; 11. Contexts of Critical Empirical Research; State and Economy; Cultural Theory; Social Psychology; Conclusion; 12. Critical Social Science and Society: Theory and Practice
• Sommario/riassunto: 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: Jurgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Specific to this volume is the emphasis on the link between critical theory and empirical research and social science methodology, often thought to be incompatible.