| Social Science as Civic Discourse: Essays on the Invention, Legitimation, and Uses of Social Theory Contributor(s): Brown, Richard Harvey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226076245 ISBN-13: 9780226076249 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $58.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1989 Annotation: Richard Harvey Brown's pioneering explorations in the philosophy of social science and the theory of rhetoric reach a culmination in "Social Science as Civic Discourse," In his earlier works, he argued for a logic of discovery and explanation in social science by showing that science and art both depend on metaphoric thinking, and he has applied that logic to society as a narrative text in which significant action by moral agents is possible. This new work is at once a philosophical critique of social theory and a social-theoretical critique of politics. Brown proposes to redirect the language and the mission of the social sciences toward a new discourse for a humane civic practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 300.1 |
| LCCN: 89034221 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.24" W x 9.29" (1.00 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richard Harvey Brown's pioneering explorations in the philosophy of social science and the theory of rhetoric reach a culmination in Social Science as Civic Discourse. In his earlier works, he argued for a logic of discovery and explanation in social science by showing that science and art both depend on metaphoric thinking, and he has applied that logic to society as a narrative text in which significant action by moral agents is possible. This new work is at once a philosophical critique of social theory and a social-theoretical critique of politics. Brown proposes to redirect the language and the mission of the social sciences toward a new discourse for a humane civic practice. |