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  • George Herbert Mead in the Twenty-first Century

    This volume is composed of extended versions of selected papers presented at an international conference held in June 2011 at Opole University—the seventh in a series of annual American and European Values conferences organized by the Institute of Philosophy, Opole University, Poland. The papers were written independently with no prior guidelines other than the obvious need to address some aspect ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • The Elgar Companion to George Herbert Mead

    This illuminating Companion presents a new perspective on George Herbert Mead’s contribution to philosophy and the social sciences. It provides an updated interpretation of Mead’s pragmatism, containing references to contemporary issues in epistemology, theory, and political reformism promoted by Mead in his lifetime.High-profile specialists propose innovative ways of retrospectively assessing ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

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  • Postpositivism and Educational Research

    Series series Philosophy, Theory, and Educational Research Series
    This volume presents in a forthright and lively way, an account of the philosophical position generally identified as 'Postpositivistic' that undergirds much of mainstream research in education and the related social sciences. The discussion throughout is informed by recent developments in philosophy of science. Authors D. C. Phillips and Nicholas C. Burbules cite a number of interesting examples ... Read more

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  • Metamodernism

    The Future of Theory

    "Not only an astute diagnosis of the confusions and contradictions of contemporary thought; it also offers compelling alternatives." —Rita Felski, author of Hooked: Art and AttachmentFor decades, scholars have been calling into question the universality of disciplinary objects and categories. The coherence of defined autonomous categories—such as religion, science, and art—has collapsed under the ... Read more

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  • Science Unlimited?

    The Challenges of Scientism

    All too often in contemporary discourse, we hear about science overstepping its proper limits—about its brazenness, arrogance, and intellectual imperialism. The problem, critics say, is scientism: the privileging of science over all other ways of knowing. Science, they warn, cannot do or explain everything, no matter what some enthusiasts believe. In Science Unlimited?, noted philosophers of ... Read more

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  • Reflexive Methodology

    New Vistas for Qualitative Research

    Praise for the Second Edition:"In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this volume on ′Reflexive Methodology′ explicitly turns towards a consideration of the perceptual, cognitive, theoretical, ... Read more

    $111.59 USD

  • As If

    Idealization and Ideals

    “Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range… [He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection… A rich and illuminating book.”—Thomas Nagel, New York Review of BooksIdealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Art of Social Theory

    A practical guide to the art of theorizing in the social sciencesIn the social sciences today, students are taught theory by reading and analyzing the works of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and other foundational figures of the discipline. What they rarely learn, however, is how to actually theorize. The Art of Social Theory is a practical guide to doing just that.In this one-of-a-kind user's manual for ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Reconstructing Sociology

    The Critical Realist Approach

    Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an introduction to critical realism for students and scholars of sociology. Written in a lively, accessible ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Science of Qualitative Research

    This updated and expanded edition is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences, raising and answering the question of why we do this kind of investigation. Rather than providing instructions on how to conduct qualitative research, The Science of Qualitative Research explores the multiple roots of qualitative research - including phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical ... Read more

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  • The Practice Turn in Contemporary Theory

    This book provides an exciting and diverse philosophical exploration of the role of practice and practices in human activity. It contains original essays and critiques of this philosophical and sociological attempt to move beyond current problematic ways of thinking in the humanities and social sciences. It will be useful across many disciplines, including philosophy, sociology, science, cultural ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Philosophies of Qualitative Research

    Series series Understanding Qualitative Research
    In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical ... Read more

    $49.49 USD