Cultures of inquiry : from epistemology to discourse in sociohistorical research / / John R. Hall

• Autore: Hall John R.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 301/.01
• Soggetto topico: Historical sociology - Methodology; Historical sociology - Research - Methodology; Knowledge, Sociology of
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction: the Third Path; From the foundations of knowledge to the cultures of inquiry; Inquiry and its frames of reference; The hermeneutic deconstruction of inquiry; Part I Formative discourses; 2 Value discourse and the object of inquiry; 3 Narrative cultures and inquiry; 4 The conceptual possibilities of social theoretical discourse; 5 The core of explanation and interpretation as formative discourse; Part II Practices of inquiry ; 6 Discursive hybrids of practice: an introductory schema7 Generalizing practices of inquiry; 8 Particularizing practices of inquiry; 9 The prospects for inquiry; Notes; PROLOGUE; 1 INTRODUCTION: THE THIRD PATH; 2 VALUE DISCOURSE AND THE OBJECT OF INQUIRY; 3 NARRATIVE CULTURES AND INQUIRY; 4 THE CONCEPTUAL POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIAL THEORETICAL DISCOURSE; 5 THE CORE OF EXPLANATION AND INTERPRETATION AS FORMATIVE DISCOURSE; 6 DISCURSIVE HYBRIDS OF PRACTICE: AN INTRODUCTORY SCHEMA; 7 GENERALIZING PRACTICES OF INQUIRY; 8 PARTICULARIZING PRACTICES OF INQUIRY; 9 THE PROSPECTS FOR INQUIRY; Bibliography ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cultures of Inquiry provides an overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Facing Kant's proposition that pure reason cannot contain social inquiry, John R. Hall uses a method of hermeneutic deconstruction to produce a 'critique of impure reason', thereby charting a 'third path' to knowledge. Inquiries conventionally allocated to science or interpretation, modern or postmodern, he argues, depend upon interconnected methodologies that transcend present-day disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries. He identifies four formative discourses and eight methodological practices of inquiry, and explores new possibilities for translation between different types of knowledge. Cultures of Inquiry neither exoticizes academic subcultures nor essentializes Culture as the spirit of academe. Instead, it addresses workaday issues of research via a sociology of knowledge that speaks to controversies concerning how inquiry is and ought to be practiced under conditions of epistemological disjuncture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultures of inquiry
• ISBN: 1-107-11642-2; 0-511-48937-4; 0-511-31013-7; 0-511-17226-5; 0-521-64220-5; 0-511-05171-9; 0-511-15038-5; 1-280-43243-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969888703321
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