Since the structuralist debates of the 1970s the field of textual analysis has largely remained the preserve of literary theorists. Social scientists, while accepting that observation is theory laden have tended to take the meaning of texts as given and to explain differences of interpretation either in terms of ignorance or bias. In this important contribution to methodological debate, Peter Ekegren uses developments within literary criticism, philosophy and critical theory to reclaim this study for the social sciences and to illuminate the ways in which different readings of a single text are created and defended.
| ISBN: | 9780415207720 |
| Publication date: | 28th October 1999 |
| Author: | Peter Ekegren |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Social research and statistics Literary theory Research methods: general Interdisciplinary studies |
Since the structuralist debates of the 1970s the field of textual analysis has largely remained the preserve of literary theorists. Social scientists, while accepting that observation is theory laden have tended to take the meaning of texts as given and to explain differences of interpretation either in terms of ignorance or bias. In this important contribution to methodological debate, Peter Ekegren uses developments within literary criticism, philosophy and critical theory to reclaim this study for the social sciences and to illuminate the ways in which different readings of a single text are created and defended.
The Reading of Theoretical Texts features in the following genres: Society and culture: general, Social theory
The Reading of Theoretical Texts is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Reading of Theoretical Texts was written by Peter Ekegren and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Reading of Theoretical Texts has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
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