03130nam 22007694a 450 991077818800332120230124183022.00-674-04440-110.4159/9780674044401(CKB)1000000000786833(OCoLC)431354299(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312822(SSID)ssj0000139958(PQKBManifestationID)11137172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139958(PQKBWorkID)10029358(PQKB)10325841(MiAaPQ)EBC3300114(DE-B1597)457784(OCoLC)1013938831(OCoLC)1029825358(OCoLC)1032676616(OCoLC)1037971136(OCoLC)1041989980(OCoLC)1046606722(OCoLC)1047016031(OCoLC)979629179(DE-B1597)9780674044401(Au-PeEL)EBL3300114(CaPaEBR)ebr10312822(OCoLC)923109314(EXLCZ)99100000000078683320041101d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe disorder of political inquiry[electronic resource] /Keith TopperCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20051 online resource (337 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01678-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-313) and index.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 -- IndexEngaging 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.Social sciencesMethodologySocial sciencesPhilosophyPolitical scienceMethodologyPolitical sciencePhilosophyNaturalismPower (Social sciences)Social sciencesMethodology.Social sciencesPhilosophy.Political scienceMethodology.Political sciencePhilosophy.Naturalism.Power (Social sciences)300/.72Topper Keith Lewis1958-1462659MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778188003321The disorder of political inquiry3671727UNINA