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Oxford Interpretive Social Science An AntiNaturalist Approach 2019 Edition by Mark Bevir, Jason Blakely
In this book Mark Bevir and Jason Blakely set out to make the most comprehensive case yet for an 'interpretive' or hermeneutic approach to the social sciences. Interpretive approaches are a major growth area in the social sciences today. This is because they offer a full-blown alternative to the behavioralism, institutionalism, rational choice, and other quasi-scientific approaches that dominate the study of human behavior. In addition to presenting a systematic case_x000D_for interpretivism and a critique of scientism, Bevir and Blakely also propose their own uniquely 'anti-naturalist 'notion of an interpretive approach. This anti-naturalist framework encompasses the insights of philosophers ranging from Michel Foucault and Hans-Georg Gadamer to Charles Taylor and_x000D_Ludwig Wittgenstein, while also resolving dilemmas that have plagued rival philosophical defenses of interpretivism. In addition, working social scientists are given detailed discussions of a distinctly interpretive approach to methods and empirical research. The book draws on the latest social science to cover everything from concept formation and empirical inquiry to ethics, democratic theory, and public policy. An anti-naturalist approach to interpretive social science offers nothing short_x000D_of a sweeping paradigm shift in the study of human beings and society. This book will be of interest to all who seek a humanistic alternative to the scientism that overwhelms the study of human beings today._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_
1: Introduction_x000D_
2: Philosophical Roots_x000D_
3: Philosophical Debates_x000D_
4: Concept Formation_x000D_
5: Methods_x000D_
6: Synchronic Empirical Research_x000D_
7: Historical Sociologies_x000D_
8: Ethics and Democracy_x000D_
9: Public Policy_x000D_
Conclusion_x000D_