{"product_id":"cultures-of-inquiry-from-epistemology-to-discourse-in-sociohistorical-research-paperback-9780521659888","title":"Cultures of Inquiry; From Epistemology to Discourse in Sociohistorical Research (Paperback) 9780521659888","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultures of Inquiry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Epistemology to Discourse in Sociohistorical Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies which proposes transdisciplinary approach.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn R. Hall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521659888, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 11 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...valuable exploration of modes of sociohistorical research or inquiry... Halls' presentation is rigorous and thorough.\"   Stephen M. Feldman, Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCultures of Inquiry provides an overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Facing Kant's proposition that pure reason cannot contain social inquiry, John R. Hall uses a method of hermeneutic deconstruction to produce a 'critique of impure reason', thereby charting a 'third path' to knowledge. Inquiries conventionally allocated to science or interpretation, modern or postmodern, he argues, depend upon interconnected methodologies that transcend present-day disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries. He identifies four formative discourses and eight methodological practices of inquiry, and explores new possibilities for translation between different types of knowledge. Cultures of Inquiry neither exoticizes academic subcultures nor essentializes Culture as the spirit of academe. Instead, it addresses workaday issues of research via a sociology of knowledge that speaks to controversies concerning how inquiry is and ought to be practiced under conditions of epistemological disjuncture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Formative Discourses: 2. Value discourse and the object of inquiry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narrative cultures and inquiry\u003cbr\u003e 4. The conceptual possibilities of social theoretical discourse\u003cbr\u003e 5. The core of explanation and interpretation as formative discourse\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Practices of Inquiry: 6. Discursive hybrids of practice: an introductory schema\u003cbr\u003e 7. Generalizing practices of inquiry\u003cbr\u003e 8. Particularizing practices of inquiry\u003cbr\u003e 9. The prospects of inquiry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251984847128,"sku":"9780521659888","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521659888i.jpg?v=1691927838","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultures-of-inquiry-from-epistemology-to-discourse-in-sociohistorical-research-paperback-9780521659888","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}