EAN: 9783319921198

THE IDEA OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PROPER PHENOMENO...

This monograph examines an academic discipline in crisis. The author claims that this field
concerned with society and relationships is in trouble. No one can seem to agree on what it
does or how to go about doing it. His insightful argument revives the thought of key
phenomenologists often no longer considered in social science. Looking predominantly at debates
within religious studies  this book uncovers certain misguided presuppositions which have
strongly influenced scholars in the field. This reflects itself in a Weberian Ideal regarding
the institutional place of science in the universities and a failure to properly consider the
epistemic status of knowledge produced for its own sake. But even recognizing these issues will
not get to the core of the crisis. It will not help scholars better understand what it is to be
human. To address this  the author digs deeper. He draws on the philosophical phenomenology of
Husserl's Phenomenological Movement to critique our very idea of social science. In the process
he presents a radical approach to the question of humanity. This volume concludes that 
properly understood  social science is a hobby. It deserves no special place in the university.
Indeed  if it is to be pursued properly  it requires a fundamentally revised understanding of
humanity. The author argues this not of the sake of controversy. Rather  his intention is to
affect the necessary shift in our understanding that will enable future constructive solutions.

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