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The Disorder of Political Inquiry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674044401
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Disorder of Political InquiryDDC classification:
  • 300/.72
LOC classification:
  • H61
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Social Science Wars -- 1 Science Turned Upside Down -- 2 In Defense of Disunity -- 3 The Politics of Redescription -- 4 Reclaiming the Language of Emancipation -- 5 Sciences That Disturb -- Conclusion: Pluralism, Power, Perestroika, andPolitical Inquiry -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Engaging the work of thinkers such as Rorty, Taylor, Bourdieu, Bhaskar, and Arendt, and literature in political science and history and philosophy of science, Topper proposes a pluralist, normative, and broadly pragmatist conception of political inquiry, one alive to the notorious vagaries, idiosyncrasies, and uncertainties of political life.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Social Science Wars -- 1 Science Turned Upside Down -- 2 In Defense of Disunity -- 3 The Politics of Redescription -- 4 Reclaiming the Language of Emancipation -- 5 Sciences That Disturb -- Conclusion: Pluralism, Power, Perestroika, andPolitical Inquiry -- Notes -- Index.

Engaging the work of thinkers such as Rorty, Taylor, Bourdieu, Bhaskar, and Arendt, and literature in political science and history and philosophy of science, Topper proposes a pluralist, normative, and broadly pragmatist conception of political inquiry, one alive to the notorious vagaries, idiosyncrasies, and uncertainties of political life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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