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 136-234 Interpreting Society: the Hermeneutic Imagination

Note

Available as 136-334 at 3rd-year level.

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 3rd year

Prerequisites

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

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description

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

Assessment

Two essays of 2500 words each.



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