Interpreting culture : rethinking method and truth in social theory / Joseph D. Lewandowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewandowski, Joseph D., 1966-

Series:

Modern German culture and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Contemporary Logics of Social Theory 1

1. Textuality and Deconstruction 5

2. Rationality and Reconstruction 26

3. Constructing Constellations 35

Chapter 2. Method and Truth amid the Ruins of the Social 38

1. Image-Construction and the Problem of Truth 39

2. Adorno's Critique and Appropriation of Benjamin 47

3. Interpretive Philosophy as Constructing Constellations 51

Chapter 3. Affect and Evidence in the Logic of Constructing Constellations 70

1. Adorno's Kierkegaard Study 71

2. Truth as Truth Bearers 81

3. Sociological Interpretation and Disenchantment 86

Chapter 4. Method and Truth in French Social Theory 95

1. Archaeology and Genealogy 96

2. Reflexive Sociology 110

Chapter 5. Constructing Urban Constellations 121

1. Ghetto Life in America 123

2. Social Struggle in Chicago 139

Afterword: Constructing Constellations, or Thematizing Embeddedness 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

ISBN:

0803229399

OCLC:

45438352