This sweeping inquiry into the present condition of the human
sciences addresses the central questions: What sort of knowledge do
the human sciences claim to be offering? To what extent can that
knowledge be called scientific? and What do we mean by "scientific"
in such a context?
In this wide-ranging book, one of the most esteemed cultural
historians of our time turns his attention to major questions about
human experience and various attempts to understand it
"scientifically." Mazlish considers the achievements, failings, and
possibilities of the human sciences--a domain that he broadly
defines to include the social sciences, literature, psychology, and
hermeneutic studies.
In a rich and original synthesis built upon the work of earlier
philosophers and historians, Mazlish constructs a new view of the
nature and meaning of the human sciences. Starting with the remote
human past and moving through the Age of Discovery to the present
day, Mazlish discusses the sort of knowledge the human sciences
claim to offer. He looks closely at the positivistic aspirations of
the human sciences, which are modeled after the natural sciences,
and at their interpretive tendencies. In an analysis of scientific
method and scientific community, he explores the roles they can or
should assume in the human sciences. His approach is genuinely
interdisciplinary, drawing upon an array of topics, from civil
society to globalization to the interactions of humans and
machines.
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