Ideology And Social Knowledge

Author : Harold J. Bershady
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0203789210

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Ideology and Social Knowledge by Harold J. Bershady Pdf

"This book analyzes Talcott Parsons' largest-scale effort to overcome the relativism and subjectivism of the social sciences. Harold J. Bershady sets forth Parsons' version of the characteristics desirable for social knowledge, showing that Parsons deems the relativistic and subjectivistic arguments as powerful challenges to the validity of social knowledge. Bershady maintains that all Parsons' intellectual labors exhibit a deep and abiding concern for social knowledge. From his first major work in the 1930s to his later writings on social evolution, Parsons' theoretical aim has been to provide an unassailable answer to the question, "how is social knowledge possible?"Ideological criticisms of Parsons' work, Bershady argues, not only miss his awareness of ideological influences upon social thought, but also miss the logical and epistemological strands of his thinking. This book sheds light on the persistent importance of the work of a major theoretical sociologist of the twentieth century. It also brings into the open and discusses issues of deepest concern to the philosophy and methodology of all of the social sciences."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Harold J. Bershady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351513753

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Ideology and Social Knowledge by Harold J. Bershady Pdf

This book analyzes Talcott Parsons' largest-scale effort to overcome the relativism and subjectivism of the social sciences. Harold J. Bershady sets forth Parsons' version of the characteristics desirable for social knowledge, showing that Parsons deems the relativistic and subjectivistic arguments as powerful challenges to the validity of social knowledge. Bershady maintains that all Parsons' intellectual labors exhibit a deep and abiding concern for social knowledge. From his first major work in the 1930s to his later writings on social evolution, Parsons' theoretical aim has been to provide an unassailable answer to the question, "how is social knowledge possible?"Ideological criticisms of Parsons' work, Bershady argues, not only miss his awareness of ideological influences upon social thought, but also miss the logical and epistemological strands of his thinking. This book sheds light on the persistent importance of the work of a major theoretical sociologist of the twentieth century. It also brings into the open and discusses issues of deepest concern to the philosophy and methodology of all of the social sciences.

Author : Bershady
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1979-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0631198806

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Ideology and Social Knowledge by Bershady Pdf

Author : Michael Morris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107177093

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Knowledge and Ideology by Michael Morris Pdf

For political philosophers, Morris provides an epistemology that integrates social interests within a normative account of knowledge.

Author : Tim Dant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317829492

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Knowledge, Ideology & Discourse by Tim Dant Pdf

This student textbook, originally published in 1991, tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social theory, Tim Dant explores crucial questions such as the roles of power and knowledge, the status of rational knowledge, and the empirical analysis of knowledge. He argues that, from a sociological perspective, knowledge, ideology and discourse are different aspects of the same phenomenon, and reasserts the central thesis of the sociology - that knowledge is socially determined.

Author : Robert Benewick,R. N Berki,Bhikhu Parekh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000704792

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Knowledge and Belief in Politics by Robert Benewick,R. N Berki,Bhikhu Parekh Pdf

First published in 1973. Few concepts in the modern age have created more controversy in the discussion of social, moral, and political issues than that of ideology. Ever since the term was coined by Destutt de Tracy to refer to a scientific study of the origin of ideas, its meaning has undergone a series of mutation, until we have reached the stage where ideology can now be used to refer to almost any organized body of beliefs. Amidst these changes in the meaning of the term certain common preoccupations are detectable and certain fundamental problems remain. Is human reason capable of comprehending reality 'as it is'? Or is its approach necessarily influenced by the thinker's values, personal or class interests and personal or social prejudices? Is human reason a culturally neutral instrument or a socially acquired capacity that is unconsciously shaped by a particular historical age or society or class? There are fundamental problems too concerning the internal structure and rationale of specific ideologies such as conservatism, pluralism, and apartheid. This title will be of great interest to students of philosophy and politics.

Author : Karl Mannheim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136120282

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Ideology and Utopia by Karl Mannheim Pdf

Ideology and Utopia argues that ideologies are mental fictions whose function is to veil the true nature of a given society. They originate unconsciously in the minds of those who seek to stabilise a social order. Utopias are wish dreams that inspire the collective action of opposition groups which aim at the entire transformation of society. Mannheim shows these two opposing elements to dominate not only our social thought but even unexpectedly to penetrate into the most scientific theories in philosophy, history and the social sciences. This new edition contains a new preface by Bryan S. Turner which describes Mannheim's work and critically assesses its relevance to modern sociology. The book is published with a comprehensive bibliography of Mannheim's major works.

Author : Graham Kinloch,Raj Mohan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313003707

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Ideology and the Social Sciences by Graham Kinloch,Raj Mohan Pdf

The extent to which modern social science continues to reflect the subjective traits of authors and the contexts in which they operate, rather than the objective facts or insights they claim to develop, remains one of the most striking features of social science research and writing. Kinloch and Mohan provide a multidisciplinary and worldwide examination of the ties between the subjective traits of social scientists, the contexts in which they affect research, and the kinds of knowledge they produce. The essays fall into five general topic areas: major theoretical issues, research as ideology, the political context of ideology, major factors in the academic setting, and the relationship between personal biography and professional ideology. This book will be of greatest concern to scholars, students, and researchers involved with the sociology of knowledge, social theory and methods, comparative social science, and social problems.

Author : Karl Mannheim
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415060540

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Ideology and Utopia by Karl Mannheim Pdf

A new edition of Karl Mannheim's classic work in which the concepts of 'ideology' and 'utopia' are examined as opposing and dominant societal influences.

Author : Rachel Sharp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351809634

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Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling by Rachel Sharp Pdf

First published in 1980, this book argues that a theory of ideology is essential to a theory of education. It relates developments in the Marxist theory of ideology to the analysis of schooling in a capitalist society. Beginning with an appraisal of the early twentieth century liberal social theorists, including Weber, Durkheim, Veblen and Mannheim, it demonstrates that the weakness of their approaches arose from a failure to comprehend adequately the nature of capitalism. It then outlines the state of the theory of ideology at the time and applies the concept in an analysis of contemporary schooling, concluding with a discussion of its political implications. The application of the theory of ideology offers important possibilities for a radical socialist strategy on education.

Author : Karl Mannheim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136178917

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Conservatism by Karl Mannheim Pdf

First published in 1986. This is Volume XI of Mannheim's collected works. The present edition of Conservatism rests on a typescript of the text found among the papers, after his death in 1980, of Paul Kecskemeti, who played an important role in the posthumous publication of several works of Mannheim.

Author : Piotr Buczkowski
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Ideology
ISBN : 9051832702

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The Social Horizon of Knowledge by Piotr Buczkowski Pdf

Author : Helen E. Longino
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691209753

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Science as Social Knowledge by Helen E. Longino Pdf

Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light of the social and normative dimensions of many scientific debates, Helen Longino finds that general accounts of scientific methodology cannot support this common belief. Focusing on the notion of evidence, the author argues that a methodology powerful enough to account for theories of any scope and depth is incapable of ruling out the influence of social and cultural values in the very structuring of knowledge. The objectivity of scientific inquiry can nevertheless be maintained, she proposes, by understanding scientific inquiry as a social rather than an individual process. Seeking to open a dialogue between methodologists and social critics of the sciences, Longino develops this concept of "contextual empiricism" in an analysis of research programs that have drawn criticism from feminists. Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data. In particular, Longino argues that research on the hormonal basis of "sex-differentiated behavior" involves assumptions not only about gender relations but also about human action and agency. She concludes with a discussion of the relation between science, values, and ideology, based on the work of Habermas, Foucault, Keller, and Haraway.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1316831566

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Knowledge and Ideology by Anonim Pdf

Ideology critique generally seeks to undermine selected theories and beliefs by demonstrating their partisan origins and their insidious social functions. This approach rightly reveals the socially implicated nature of much purported knowledge, but also brackets or bypasses its cognitive properties. In contrast, Michael Morris argues that it is possible to integrate the social and epistemic dimensions of belief in a way that preserves the cognitive and adjudicatory capacities of reason, while acknowledging that reason itself is inevitably social, historical, and interested. Drawing upon insights from Hegel, Lukacs, Mannheim, and Habermas, he interprets and reconstructs Marx's critique of ideology as a positive theory of knowledge, one that reconciles the inherently interested and inextricably situated nature of thought with more traditional conceptions of rational adjudication, normativity, and truth. His wide-ranging examination of the social and epistemic dimensions of ideology will interest readers in political philosophy and political theory.

Author : Benjamin Martill,Sebastian Schindler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429665011

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Theory as Ideology in International Relations by Benjamin Martill,Sebastian Schindler Pdf

Are theoretical tools nothing but political weapons? How can the two be distinguished from each other? What is the ideological role of theories like liberalism, neoliberalism or democratic theory? And how can we study the theories of actors from outside the academic world? This book examines these and related questions at the nexus of theory and ideology in International Relations. The current crisis of politics made it abundantly clear that theory is not merely an impartial and neutral academic tool, but instead is implicated in political struggles. However, it is also clear that it is insufficient to view theory merely as a political weapon. This book brings together contributions from a number of different scholarly perspectives to engage with these problems. The contributors, drawn from various fields of International Relations and Political Science, cast new light on the ever-problematic relationship between theory and ideology. They analyse the ideological underpinnings of existing academic theories and examine the theories of non-academic actors such as staff members of international organisations, Ecovillagers and liberal politicians. This edited volume is a must-read for all those interested in the contemporary political crisis and its relation to theories of International Relations.