Social Research As a Painful (but Rewarding) Self-Examination
Re-Reading Georges Devereux’s Psychoanalytical Notion of Radical Subjectivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2386145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Kuehner (Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main and German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 725-734 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800416658068 |
| OpenAlex | W2504125316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
As early as 1967, the French ethno-psychoanalyst Georges Devereux proposed adopting a radical perspective on researchers' subjectivity to the entire field of "behavioral sciences." Whenever our research confronts us with other human beings and thus with ourselves, he argues, we are confronted with anxiety. Instead of fighting against this anxiety and other painful irritations that go hand in hand with any social research, Devereux's proposal can thus be understood as an invitation to work with this anxiety and use it to gain deeper insights. This article suggests that we re-read Devereux in the light of the contemporary discussions on reflexivity and subjectivity based on (a) an outline and short interpretation of Devereux's central argument, (b) a subjective re-reading by the author herself, and (c) an examination of some contemporary readings by other qualitative researchers
Anxiety · Argument (complex analysis · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Perspective (graphical · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Reading (process · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Data Analysis and Archiving · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Medicine · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Philosophy · Social Psychology
The Vulnerable Observer
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
The vulnerable observer
Skilled immigrant women carers in rural England and their downward mobility
Dealing with Dilemmas of Difference - Ethical and Psychological Considerations of “Othering” and “Peer Dialogues” in the Research Encounter
From Anxiety to Method in the Behavioral Sciences
Decolonizing Methodologies
General
Reflexivity and its Consequences
Introduction to the Special Issue
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |