Cultures of Inquiry: From Epistemology to Discourse in Sociohistorical Research

by John R. Hall

Book Overview

Cultures of Inquiry provides an overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Facing Kant's proposition that pure reason cannot contain social inquiry, John R. Hall uses a method of hermeneutic deconstruction to produce a 'critique of impure reason', thereby charting a 'third path' to knowledge. Inquiries conventionally allocated to science or interpretation, modern or postmodern, he argues, depend upon interconnected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521659884
• ISBN13: 9780521659888
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"