Pragmatic Inquiry: Critical Concepts for Social Sciences (5)

Synopsis

This book examines a range of critical concepts that are central to a shift in the social sciences toward "pragmatic inquiry," reflecting a twenty-first century concern with particular problems and themes rather than grand theory. Taking a transnational and transdisciplinary approach, the collection demonstrates a shared commitment to using analytical concepts for empirical exploration and a general orientation to research that favors an attention to objects, techniques, and practices. The chapters draw from broad-based and far-reaching social theory in order to analyze new, specific challenges, from grasping the everyday workings of markets, courtrooms, and clinics, to inscribing the transformations of practice within research disciplines themselves. Each contributor takes a key concept and then explores its genealogies and its circulations across scholarly communities, as well as its proven payoffs for the social sciences and, often, critical reflections on its present and future uses. This carefully crafted volume will significantly expand and improve the analytical repertoires or toolkits available to social scientists, including scholars in sociology or anthropology and those working in science and technology studies, public health, and related fields.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

234 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000200645

Related ISBNs:

9781003034124, 9780367472030, 9780367472061

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

10/09/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, John R. Bowen, Nicolas Dodier, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Anita Hardon

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

John R. Bowen

Edited by:

Nicolas Dodier

Edited by:

Jan Willem Duyvendak

Edited by:

Anita Hardon