TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morrow,Raymond Allen
AU  - Brown,David D.
TI  - Critical theory and methodology
T2  - Contemporary social theory
SN  - 0803946821
AV  - HM24 .M622 1994
U1  - 301.01 20
PY  - 1994///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Critical theory
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-349) and index; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; 1; Introduction: What Is Critical Theory? --; 2; Foundations of Metatheory: Between Subjectivism and Objectivism --; 3; Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism and Empiricism --; 4; Early Critical Theory as a Research Program: A Historical Introduction --; 5; Postempiricist Metatheory and the Human Sciences: Interim Developments --; 6; The Metatheory of Critical Theory: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism --; 7; Contemporary Critical Theory as a Research Program: Giddens and Habermas --; 8; Deconstructing the Conventional Discourse of Methodology: Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods --; 9; Non-Empirical Methods: Reflexive Procedures --; 10; Empirical Procedures in Critical Research --; 11; Contexts of Critical Empirical Research --; 12; Critical Social Science and Society: Theory and Practice --; References --; Index --; About the Authors
N2  - "Recipient of Choice Magazine's 1996 Outstanding Academic Book Award Author Raymond Morrow outlines and recounts the development of the major tenets of critical theory, exemplifying them through the works of two of their most influential, recent adherents: J?rgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Beginning with a comprehensive yet meticulous explication of critical theory and its history, the author next discusses it within the context of a research program; his work concludes with an examination of empirical methods. Emphasizing the connections between critical theory, empirical research, and social science methodology, Morrow's volume offers refreshing insights on traditional and current material."--Publisher description
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