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Schools of Thought - Twenty-Five Years of Interpretive Social Science (Paperback): Joan Wallach Scott, Debra Keates

Schools of Thought - Twenty-Five Years of Interpretive Social Science (Paperback)

Joan Wallach Scott, Debra Keates

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"Schools of Thought" brings together a cast of prominent scholars to assess, with unprecedented breadth and vigor, the intellectual revolution over the past quarter century in the social sciences. This collection of twenty essays stems from a 1997 conference that celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Social Science. The authors, who represent a wide range of disciplines, are all associated with the School's emphasis on interpretive social science, which rejects models from the hard sciences and opts instead for a humanistic approach to social inquiry.

Following a preface by Clifford Geertz, whose profound insights have helped shape the School from the outset, the essays are arranged in four sections. The first offers personal reflections on disciplinary changes; the second features essays advocating changes in focus or methodology; the third presents field overviews and institutional history; while the fourth addresses the link between political philosophy and world governance. Two recurring themes are the uses (and pitfalls) of interdisciplinary studies and the relation between scholarship and social change. This book will be rewarding for anyone interested in how changing trends in scholarship shape the understanding of our social worlds.

The contributors include David Apter, Kaushik Basu, Judith Butler, Nicholas Dirks, Jean Elshtain, Peter Galison, Wolf Lepenies, Jane Mansbridge, Andrew Pickering, Mary Poovey, Istvan Rev, Renato Rosaldo, Michael Rustin, Joan W. Scott, William H. Sewell, Jr., Quentin Skinner, Charles Taylor, Anna Tsing, Michael Walzer, and Gavin Wright.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2001
First published: November 2001
Editors: Joan Wallach Scott • Debra Keates
Dimensions: 235 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-08842-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
LSN: 0-691-08842-X
Barcode: 9780691088426

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