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136-234/334 Interpreting Society: the Hermeneutic Imagination

Credit points: 16.7 3rd year

Coordinator: Mr Horst Imberger.

Prerequisite: At least two 200-level HPS subjects or an approved equivalent.

Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial a week.

• Objectives: Students completing this subject should:
• have developed an understanding of the interpretative approach to social enquiry in sociology and other disciplines;
• demonstrated this understanding through an engagement with the literature.

Timetable: First semester

Content:

Exploration of a number of interpretative approaches within the context of post-foundational and post-metaphysical thought.

Assessment:

Two essays of 2,500 words each.

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136-234/334 Interpreting Society: the Hermeneutic Imagination

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator: Mr Horst Imberger.

Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

• have developed an understanding of the interpretative approach to social enquiry in sociology and other disciplines
• demonstrated this understanding through an engagement with the literature.

Content:

Exploration of a number of interpretative approaches within the context of post-foundational and post-metaphysical thought.

Assessment:

Two essays of 2,500 words each.

Prescribed texts:

• R. Bernstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism Basil Blackwell
• K. Mueller-Vollmer (ed) The Hermeneutic Reader Basil Blackwell

* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

2. Social Research Methods, Faculty of Arts (v3, p163) : Next:191-203 | Prev:121-230

3. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p164) : Next:136-251 | Prev:136-256

136-234/334 Interpreting Society: the Hermeneutic Imagination

Credit points: 16.7 3rd year

Coordinator: Mr Horst Imberger.

Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

• have developed an understanding of the interpretative approach to social enquiry in sociology and other disciplines
• demonstrated this understanding through an engagement with the literature.

Content:

Exploration of a number of interpretative approaches within the context of post-foundational and post-metaphysical thought.

Assessment:

Two essays of 2,500 words each.

Prescribed texts:

• R Bernstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism Basil Blackwell
• K Mueller-Vollmer (ed) The Hermeneutic Reader Basil Blackwell

* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

3. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p164) : Next:136-251 | Prev:136-256

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