Elucidating social science concepts: an interpretivist guide
Frederic Charles Schaffer
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- E-Book
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2016
- Copyright:
- ©2016
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- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Do Concepts Need Elucidating?
- Positivism and Interpretivism
- Experience-Distant and Experience-Near Concepts
- Positivist Reconstruction versus Interpretivist Elucidation
- Example of Positivist Reconstruction: "Family"
- Interpretivist Appraisal
- Interpretivist Questions about "Family"
- Modes of Elucidation: Grounding, Locating, and Exposing
- 2. Grounding: Elucidating How People Understand a Concept
- Wittgensteinian Starting Points
- Lessons for Grounding
- Investigating Grammar
- Investigating Grammar Ethnographically
- Conclusion
- 3. Locating: Elucidating Historical and Linguistic Specificity
- Trouble with Geertz on "Person" in Translation
- Mapping Family Resemblances across Languages
- Trouble with Skinner on "Originality" in History
- Paying Attention to Historical Rupture
- Borges' Challenge
- 4. Exposing: Elucidating Power
- Concepts as Instruments of Power
- Laying Bare the Forces and Effects of Speech Acts
- Concepts as Legacies of Power
- Rediscovering Struggle Genealogically
- Conclusion
- 5. Ethics of Elucidating
- Value of Making the Unseen Seen
- Value of Seeing Ourselves in a New Light
- Value of Feeling
- Dangers of Elucidation
- Embracing an Ethic of Responsibility.
- Author/Creator:
- Schaffer, Frederic Charles , author
- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Call Numbers:
- H61 .S3546 2016eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780203814932 (electronic bk.)
0203814932 (electronic bk.)
9780415893244 [Invalid]
0415893240 [Invalid]
9780415893268 [Invalid]
0415893267 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 914472348
- Other Control Numbers:
- EBC3570070 (source: MiAaPQ)
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