Sociological Reasoning

Download or read book Sociological Reasoning written by Rob Stones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-07-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sociological modernists were outrageously presumptious in their claims for sociological knowledge, postmodernists have gone to another extreme in claiming that it has no more truth status than fiction. Critical of both positions, Sociological Reasoning develops an original typology of approaches to social scientific theory and research which is distinguished by its openness and reflexive awareness of rhetorical and methodological aspects of knowledge claims. Laced with graphic illustrative examples, this is a strikingly well-written text that will appeal to students at undergraduate level and beyond.