Knowledge and the social sciences theory, method, practice

• Other Authors: Goldblatt, David David S.
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: London New York Routledge, in association with Open University 2004
• Edition: Second edition
• Series: An introduction to the social sciences
• Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of; Social sciences > Philosophy
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• Physical Description: vii, 165 pages illustration 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0415329752

Knowledge and the Social Sciences takes as its point of departure the claims that all forms of knowledge, the social sciences included, must be seen and understood in their social context. It argues that the social sciences both describe and transform their object of study, though rarely in ways that social scientists intend, and introduces students to the key epistemological and philosophical terms and issues essential for further study in the social sciences.