LEADER 03164nam 22007814a 450 001 9910454945003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04440-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674044401 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786833 035 $a(OCoLC)431354299 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312822 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000139958 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139958 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029358 035 $a(PQKB)10325841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300114 035 $a(DE-B1597)457784 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938831 035 $a(OCoLC)1029825358 035 $a(OCoLC)1032676616 035 $a(OCoLC)1037971136 035 $a(OCoLC)1041989980 035 $a(OCoLC)1046606722 035 $a(OCoLC)1047016031 035 $a(OCoLC)979629179 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674044401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300114 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312822 035 $a(OCoLC)923109314 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786833 100 $a20041101d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe disorder of political inquiry$b[electronic resource] /$fKeith Topper 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01678-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-313) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: The Social Science Wars -- $t1. Science Turned Upside Down -- $t2. In Defense of Disunity -- $t3. The Politics of Redescription -- $t4. Reclaiming the Language of Emancipation -- $t5. Sciences That Disturb -- $tConclusion: Pluralism, Power, Perestroika, and Political Inquiry -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aEngaging 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. 606 $aSocial sciences$xMethodology 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical science$xMethodology 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aNaturalism 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xMethodology. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitical science$xMethodology. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aNaturalism. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 676 $a300/.72 700 $aTopper$b Keith Lewis$f1958-$01049364 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454945003321 996 $aThe disorder of political inquiry$92478306 997 $aUNINA