How social science is impossible without critical theory

The immersion of mainstream approaches in time and space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20034422
AutoresHarry F Dahms (0000-0003-2939-7008, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Páginas3-61
Fecha de publicación2008-07-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaNo Social Science Without Critical Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialEmerald (MCB UP ) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0278-1204(08)00001-7
OpenAlexW2502310658
ISBN9780762314836
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas40

Any endeavor to circumscribe, with a certain degree of precision, the nature of the relationship between social science and critical theory would appear to be daunting. Over the course of the past century, and especially since the end of World War II, countless efforts have been made in economics, psychology, political science, and sociology to illuminate the myriad manifestations of modern social life from a multiplicity of angles. It is doubtful that it would be possible to do justice to all the different variants of social science in an assessment of their relationship to critical theory. Moreover, given the proliferation of critical theories since the 1980s, the effort to devise a “map” that would reflect the particular orientations and intricacies of each approach to critical theory would also be exacting in its own right.1

Critical theory · Epistemology · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy