Abstract
Introduction Positivism The March of Science Constructionism The Making of Meaning Interpretivism For and against Culture Interpretivism The Way of Hermeneutics Critical Inquiry The Marxist Heritage Critical Inquiry Contemporary Critics and Contemporary Critique Feminism Re-Visioning the Man-Made World Postmodernism Crisis of Confidence or Moment of Truth? Conclusion
Keywords
PostmodernismHermeneuticsPositivismEpistemologyMeaning (existential)SociologyMarxist philosophyFeminismPerspective (graphical)Social constructionismSocial sciencePhilosophyPoliticsPolitical scienceGender studiesArt
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Michael Crotty
(1998).
The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process.
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