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Elucidating Social Science Concepts: An Interpretivist Guide

By Frederic Charles Schaffer

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
2015007722, 9780415893244, 9780415893268, 9780203814932
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
862 kB (882364 bytes)
Series
Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods
Pages
\135
Time added
2021-05-24 16:57:48

Description

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Series Editors’ Foreword Preface 1 Why Do Concepts Need Elucidating? Positivism and Interpretivism Experience-Distant and Experience-Near Concepts Positivist Reconstruction versus Interpretivist Elucidation An Example of Positivist Reconstruction: “Family” An 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 The Trouble with Geertz on “Person” in Translation Mapping Family Resemblances across Languages The 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 The Ethics of Elucidating The Value of Making the Unseen Seen The Value of Seeing Ourselves in a New Light The Value of Feeling The Dangers of Elucidation Embracing an Ethic of Responsibility References Index

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