The Hermeneutic Imagination (RLE Social Theory)

The Hermeneutic Imagination (RLE Social Theory)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781317651819
ISBN-13 : 1317651812
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Download or read book The Hermeneutic Imagination (RLE Social Theory) written by Josef Bleicher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his previous book, Contemporary Hermeneutics, Josef Bleicher offered an introduction to the subject, locating it mainly within the philosophy of social science, and looking at the profound impact it is having on a wide range of intellectual pursuits. This book follows on from this and expounds the author's view that the development of the hermeneutic imagination is an indispensable condition for reflexive sociological work and emancipatory social practice. Dr Bleicher examines the various approaches to sociology – empiricist, functionalist, structuralist, interpretive, critical – by reference to a hermeneutic paradigm, and shows how the hermeneutic imagination leads to a redirection in sociology, away from scientistic presuppositions and towards an awareness of the dialogue which links the subject and object in the study of social phenomena. He argues that by allowing the hermeneutic imagination to develop, it is possible to counter the steering of social processes on the basis of technocratic imperatives, and to provide a rational anticipation of a better future.


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