Verstehen / by Dirk vom Lehn ; edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams.
Verstehen is at the same time an everyday practice and a sociological research method. For the actor in the everyday, Verstehen is a routine activity that constantly occupies them as they pragmatically go about their lives. It therefore is existential for their being and acting in the social world....
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Theoretical foundations of qualitative research.
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| Summary: | Verstehen is at the same time an everyday practice and a sociological research method. For the actor in the everyday, Verstehen is a routine activity that constantly occupies them as they pragmatically go about their lives. It therefore is existential for their being and acting in the social world. Sociologists use Verstehen as a social-scientific method to uncover the structures and functions of actors' knowledge and experience of the social world. As a sociological method, Verstehen fundamentally differs from Verstehen in the everyday because it relies on a body of specialist professional knowledge. The advancement of this method since the early 20th century has led to the emergence of a distinct methodological orientation that is often described as Verstehende sociology or interpretive sociology. This entry ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746501 1529746507 9781526421036 1526421038 |
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