Postmodernism And Social Research

Author : Mats Alvesson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism and Social Research written by Mats Alvesson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of postmodern themes, evaluates the possibilities and dangers of postmodernist thinking and develops ideas on how a selective, sceptical incorporation of postmodernism can make social research more conscious about problems and pitfalls, and more creative in working with empirical material (so called data). A reflexive orientation runs throughout the book, which addresses themes such as how to understand the individual in research, how to deal with the knowledge/power connection, how to relate to language and how to unpack rather than take for granted socially dominant categories in research work. One chapter addresses the research interview in the light of postmodernist concerns about the naivety of assuming that the interviewee is simply an informant, a truth-teller authentically expressing his or her experiences and meaning. Other chapters address issues of voice, interpretation, writing and reflexivity. The book includes a range of empirical illustrations of how postmodernist ideas can inspire social research, and in all it represents a valuable text for students and researchers alike.

Author : Joe Doherty
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134922183X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism and the Social Sciences written by Joe Doherty and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social sciences are still predominantly modernist disciplines and, as such, products of the Enlightenment. Recent challenges to Enlightenment thinking thus carry with them the potential or threat to transform the social sciences radically. Postmodernism and the Social Sciences examines the nature and potential of this postmodernist challenge in each of the major social sciences. Starting with the practices of particular disciplines and proceeding to matters of shared concern, the essays provide an accessible discussion of the contemporary impact of postmodernism on social scientific thought.

Author : Pauline Marie Rosenau
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400820618
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences written by Pauline Marie Rosenau and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-11-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline Rosenau traces its origins in the humanities and describes how its key concepts are today being applied to, and are restructuring, the social sciences. Serving as neither an opponent nor an apologist for the movement, she cuts through post-modernism's often incomprehensible jargon in order to offer all readers a lucid exposition of its propositions. Rosenau shows how the post-modern challenge to reason and rational organization radiates across academic fields. For example, in psychology it questions the conscious, logical, coherent subject; in public administration it encourages a retreat from central planning and from reliance on specialists; in political science it calls into question the authority of hierarchical, bureaucratic decision-making structures that function in carefully defined spheres; in anthropology it inspires the protection of local, primitive cultures from First World attempts to reorganize them. In all of the social sciences, she argues, post-modernism repudiates representative democracy and plays havoc with the very meaning of "left-wing" and "right-wing." Rosenau also highlights how post-modernism has inspired a new generation of social movements, ranging from New Age sensitivities to Third World fundamentalism. In weighing its strengths and weaknesses, the author examines two major tendencies within post-modernism, the largely European, skeptical form and the predominantly Anglo-North-American form, which suggests alternative political, social, and cultural projects. She draws examples from anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, law, planning, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and women's studies, and provides a glossary of post-modern terms to assist the uninitiated reader with special meanings not found in standard dictionaries.

Author : Simon Susen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137318236
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ‘Postmodern Turn’ in the Social Sciences written by Simon Susen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.

Author : Robert Hollinger
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism and the Social Sciences written by Robert Hollinger and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-08-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major themes of postmodernist writing are demystified in this introductory text. Robert Hollinger reviews key postmodern discussions on critical topics such as values, identity, and the self and society. He compares postmodern thinking with that of the enlightenment project, modernism, modernity, Marxism and Critical Theory. This, together with his treatment of Foucault, Lyotard, Baudrillard, Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari and other leading postmodern theorists, provides an excellent introduction to modern social theory.

Author : James Scheurich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135402787
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Method in the Postmodern written by James Scheurich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, research in the social sciences has been dominated by the debate on the merits of qualitative method versus quantitative methodology. Until recently, the debate appeared to have been won by those promoting the qualitative approach, but then postmodern theory appeared on the scene, challenging all our preconceptions about research method. This book goes one step further than those working at the philosophical level, showing the implications of postmodernism for practice.

Author : David R. Dickens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136990364
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism And Social Inquiry written by David R. Dickens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David R. Dickens
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898624229
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism and Social Inquiry written by David R. Dickens and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1994-08-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature dealing with postmodernism--or with the tension between modernity and postmodernity--has been confined primarily within the domains of philosophy, literature, and the arts. Integrating philosophy and the humanities with sociological theory and research methods, this pioneering volume is one of the first books to address the relevance of postmodernism to the social sciences and to explore the application of postmodern thinking to the study of society.

Author : Carol Grbich
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761949329
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Approaches in Social Research written by Carol Grbich and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book explores the implications of postmodernist ideas within the research context. The text relates debates in postmodernism directly to current thinking and practice in both qualitative and quantitative research. The engaging book is split into two parts: Part One offers a critical discussion of recent philosophical debates and emerging trends within the field of postmodernism, while Part Two breaks down the research process into its constituent parts and reflects on the changing aspects of postmodern thought and their implications for the researcher. This timely and thought-provoking textbook will engage directly with the relationship between postmodern theory within a research context. The book's practical approach is strengthened by the inclusion of student friendly features, including a glossary and a number of illustrative examples and case studies. Its interdisciplinary approach means it will be invaluable reading for postgraduate students and researchers across the social sciences.

Author : Steven Seidman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781557862846
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism and Social Theory written by Steven Seidman and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1992-04-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new division has emerged in the social sciences between modernists and their post-modern critics. The former defend the project of a general theory with secure analytical foundations; the latter challenge the possibility and indeed the desirability of aspiring to create totalizing theories. Postmodernists contest the view of science as an autonomous sphere of knowledge and reflection. This volume brings together leading theorists in the social sciences and philosophy to debate the respective merits of modernism and postmodernism as paradigms of social inquiry. It examines the relation between science, critique and narrative, addressing questions about the moral and political meaning of science today.