The Politics of Method in the Human Sciences: Positivism and Its Epistemological Others

by Michael Burawoy

Book Overview

The Politics of Method in the Human Sciences provides a remarkable comparative assessment of the variations of positivism and alternative epistemologies in the contemporary human sciences. Often declared obsolete, positivism is alive and well in a number of the fields; in others, its influence is significantly diminished. The essays in this collection investigate its mutations in form and degree across the social science disciplines. Looking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822335182
• ISBN13: 9780822335184
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"