Who's Afraid of Positivism? A comment on Shilling and Abraham
Titel:
Who's Afraid of Positivism? A comment on Shilling and Abraham
Auteur:
Hammersley, Martyn
Verschenen in:
British journal of sociology of education
Paginering:
Jaargang 16 (1995) nr. 2 pagina's 243-246
Jaar:
1995-06
Inhoud:
This paper is a response to articles by Shilling and Abraham, which were concerned with the relationship between Giddens' structuration meta-theory, differentiation-polarisation theory, and positivism. Despite their conflicting conclusions, both authors criticise my reconstruction of differentiation-polarisation theory, and I try to clarify the nature of that reconstruction and the theory it represents. It seems to me that these articles display misunderstandings of, and unwarranted prejudice against, positivism; though they are of course by no means alone in this. I suggest that while the sort of debate in which these authors engage is welcome, there needs to be a more open-minded approach towards the theoretical and methodological resources available to sociologists of education, including those frequently dismissed as positivist.
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