Returning to the Interpretive Turn
Charles Taylor and His Critics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6397446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Blakely (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-406 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670513000326 |
| OpenAlex | W2131556848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
In skirmishes over the interpretive turn, the work of Charles Taylor is frequently cited as representing the state of the art. Yet a systematic assessment of Taylor's interpretivism in light of the most salient criticisms made against it has not been conducted. This paper argues that Taylor's interpretivism withstands the strongest criticisms made of it so far, and therefore is an essential resource for revitalizing the interpretive turn. Although it is widely acknowledged in the secondary literature that Taylor's interpretivism rests on ontological claims about human agency, this paper presents a novel justification for this thesis as derived from a Heideggerian phenomenology of moods. It also presents two novel ways in which a defense of Taylor's interpretivism helps to bridge the gap between empirical social science research and normative political and ideological critique. In the latter discussion, it draws on Taylor's most recently published work
Epistemology · Ideology · Normative · Phenomenology (philosophy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Salient · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Human Agency and Language
Self-interpreting animals
The restructuring of social and political theory
Political Philosophy and the Idea of a Social Science
Introduction
The Explanation of Behaviour
The Explanation of Behaviour
Philosophy and the Human Sciences
Interpretive Social Science
Social Science Methodology
Charles Taylor
The phenomenology of the social world
A Secular Age
The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology
Interpretation and Verification in the Human Sciences
Philosophical arguments
Sources of the self
Hermeneutics, Political Inquiry, and Practical Reason
Dilemmas and Connections
Interview with Clifford Geertz
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |