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Hermeneutics and Social Science (Routledge Revivals) - Approaches to Understanding (Hardcover)
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Hermeneutics and Social Science (Routledge Revivals) - Approaches to Understanding (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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Originally published in 1978, this important work, by one of the
leading European social theorists, is arguably the best
introduction to the hermeneutic tradition as a whole. It is
designed to help students of sociology and philosophy place the
problems of "understanding social science" in their historical and
philosophical context. It does so by presenting the major current
in sociological thought as responses to the challenge of
hermeneutics. The idea that true knowledge of social life can be
attained only if human conduct is seen as meaningful action whose
meaning is accordingly grasped has been presented as a discovery of
recent sociology. In fact its history is long and its connections
plentiful, reaching beyond the boundaries of sociology itself. Yet
it is in sociology that the hermeneutic tradition has attracted
most interest but most misinterpretation. The debate is in full
swing and there is no attempt to offer "correct" solutions - the
emphasis instead is upon revealing the strengths and weaknesses of
each of the main approaches. However it is Bauman's view that the
theory of understanding may achieve valid results only if it treats
the problem of understanding as an aspect of the ongoing process of
social life.
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