The Contemporary Social Sciences and the Problem of Normativity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michel Freitag (0000-0003-2428-0652, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513601065000002 |
| OpenAlex | W2167519438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 1 |
Following in the wake of a certain epistemological and analytical crisis in positivism (its methodology is mercifully in good shape), a revival in the popularity and `scientific' legitimacy of various `comprehensive' analytical approaches in the social sciences has been witnessed over the last ten years. However, by insisting on the significant subjective dimension of action, these interpretive approaches have brought the problem of normativity inherent in the research object, as well as the problem of the `ideological' implication of the human sciences, back into the centre of epistemological preoccupations. The question now is to know to what extent the so-called human sciences are prepared to accept, from a theoretical point of view, this dual objective and subjective dimension of their cognitive practice, seen in critical relationship with society. It is also a question as to whether the human sciences have at their disposal an adequate model for recognizing this normative dimension in its ontological and epistemological specificity. This article sets out to outline just such a model from a philosophical point of view in order to identify some main ideas relating to a pedagogical reorientation, introspective rather than dogmatic, of the normative task which has fallen to the human sciences in contemporary society
Action (physics · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Human science · Ideology · Introspection · Legitimacy · Normative · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Social science · Sociology · Transdisciplinarity · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Education and Teacher Training · Law · Philosophy · Political Science Research and Education
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |