Critical Theory and Methodology

by Raymond A. Morrow, David D. Brown

Overview

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: Jürgen 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506320946
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/24/1994
Series:	Contemporary Social Theory , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	390
File size:	611 KB

Table of Contents

PART ONE: METATHEORY: GROUNDING METHOD
Introduction
What is Critical Theory?
Foundations of Metatheory
Between Subjectivism and Objectivism
Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism and Empiricism
PART TWO: CRITICAL THEORY AS A RESEARCH PROGRAM
Early Critical Theory as a Research Program
An Historical Introduction
Postempiricist Metatheory and the Human Sciences
Interim Developments
The Metatheory of Critical Theory
Beyond Objectivism and Relativism
Contemporary Critical Theory as a Resarch Program
Giddens and Habermas
PART THREE: CRITICAL THEORY AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Deconstructing the Conventional Discourse of Methodology
Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods
Non-Empirical Methods
Reflexive Procedures
Empirical Procedures in Critical Research
Contexts of Critical Empirical Research
Critical Social Science and Society
Theory and Practice