Continental philosophy of social science : hermeneutics, genealogy, critical theory / Yvonne Sherratt.
"Continental Philosophy of Social Science demonstrates the unique and autonomous nature of the continental approach to social science and contrasts it with the Anglo-American tradition. Yvonne Sherratt argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the Continental tradition in orde...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | "Continental Philosophy of Social Science demonstrates the unique and autonomous nature of the continental approach to social science and contrasts it with the Anglo-American tradition. Yvonne Sherratt argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the Continental tradition in order to appreciate its individual, humanist character. Examining the key traditions of hermeneutic, genealogy, and critical theory, and the texts of major thinkers such as Gadamer, Ricoeur, Derrida, Nietzsche, Foucault, the Early Frankfurt School and Habermas, she also contextualizes contemporary developments within strands of thought stemming back to Ancient Greece and Rome. Sherratt shows how these modes of thinking developed through medieval Christian thought into the Enlightenment and Romantic eras, before becoming mainstays of twentieth-century disciplines. Continental Philosophy of Social Science will serve as the essential textbook for courses in philosophy or social sciences."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 241 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521854695 9780521854696 0521670985 9780521670982 |