The disorder of political inquiry [[electronic resource] /] / Keith Topper

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778188003321
• Autore: Topper Keith Lewis <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-674-04440-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 300/.72
• Soggetti: Social sciences - Methodology; Social sciences - Philosophy; Political science - Methodology; Political science - Philosophy; Naturalism; Power (Social sciences)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-313) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Social Science Wars -- 1. Science Turned Upside Down -- 2. In Defense of Disunity -- 3. The Politics of Redescription -- 4. Reclaiming the Language of Emancipation -- 5. Sciences That Disturb -- Conclusion: Pluralism, Power, Perestroika, and Political Inquiry -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Engaging the work of thinkers such as Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Pierre Bourdieu, Roy Bhaskar, and Hannah Arendt, as well as recent literature in political science and the history and philosophy of science, Topper proposes a pluralist, normative, and broadly pragmatist conception of political inquiry, one that is analytically rigorous yet alive to the notorious vagaries, idiosyncrasies, and messy uncertainties of political life.