The Practical Import of Political Inquiry (eBook)

Brian Caterino (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XI, 117 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-32443-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines a basic problem in critical approaches to political and social inquiry: in what way is social inquiry animated by a practical intent? This practical intent is not external to inquiry as an add-on or a choice by the inquirer, but is inherent to the process of inquiry. The practical intent in inquiry derives from the connection between social inquiry and the participant's perspective. The social inquirer, in order to grasp the sense of those who are the subject of inquiry, has to adopt the perspective of the participant in the social world. Caterino opposes the view that research is an autonomous activity distinct from or superior to a participant's perspective. He argues that since the inquirer is on the same level as the participant, all inquiry should be considered mutual critique in which those who are addressed by inquiry have an equal right and an equal capacity to criticize addressors.

Brian Caterino is an independent researcher who works in public media. He is the co-editor of Making Political Science Matter (2006) with Sanford Schram and has published in a variety of journals.  His most recent article 'Lowering the Basement Floor' appeared in New Political Science.

Inhalt

Series Editor Foreword1.Introduction: The Practical Import of Political InquirySome Proposed Alternatives2.The Practical Import of Political inquiry:  Perestroika’s last StandPolitical Science Under Attack Post-PerestroikaThe Perestroikan Movement and its AntecedentsPerestroika’s LegacyTaking the participant’s perspective seriouslyToward a theory of the participant’s perspectiveParticipants and life worldsThe status of social inquiry3.ON THE CONCEPT OF NON NORMATIVE CRITIQUEThe formation of Non-Normative critiquePrecursors: Marxism and non-normative critiqueCritique as problematizationRisky BusinessAn objective conception of norms?Everyday LifeThe normative content of practical reason.Foucault problematization and normative critique4.Conclusion: Toward a practical political theoryPost positivism and social inquiryCausal Explanatory or singular causal analysisRealism ReconsideredExperts and laymenCritical theory and the participant’s perspectivePhronesis revisited: Aristotle or Hegel (via Kant)Mutual Accountability Communicative power and IdeologyBibliographyINDEXNOTES

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.6.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
• Reihe/Serie: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 117 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: academia • Political Philosophy • political theory • Social Inquiry • Social Sciences • US politics
• ISBN-10: 3-319-32443-8 / 3319324438
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-32443-2 / 9783319324432