Objects of Social Science 1st Edition by Eleonora Montuschi ISBN 0826466346 9780826466341

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ISBN 10: 0826466346 
ISBN 13: 9780826466341
Author: Eleonora Montuschi

Objects of Social Science 1st Table of contents:

Introduction: Objectivity, Science, and Social Science

1. A Skewed Comparison

   • Comparing Natural and Social Sciences: Key Differences

   • Challenges of Objectivity in Social Science

   • The Role of Values and Bias in Social Science Research

2. What Model of Science for Social Science?

   • The Scientific Method: Applicability to Social Science

   • Positivism vs. Interpretivism in Social Science

   • The Science of Society: A Hybrid Approach?

3. What Model of Knowledge for Social Science?

   • Epistemological Foundations: Objectivity and Subjectivity

   • Knowledge Construction in Social Science

   • The Role of Reflexivity and Context in Social Inquiry

4. What Model of Object for Social Science?

   • Defining ‘Objects’ in Social Science

   • The Nature of Social Phenomena: Concrete vs. Abstract Objects

   • The Role of Theory in Shaping Objects of Study

Chapter One: Anthropological Objects

1. From Positivism to Interpretivism

   • The Evolution of Approaches in Anthropology

   • Positivist Views on Social Science

   • The Emergence of Interpretivism and Its Impact on Anthropology

2. Anthropological Objects I: Cockfighting in Bali

   • Understanding Ritual and Cultural Symbolism

   • Methodological Approach: Ethnography and Participant Observation

   • Cultural Meanings Behind ‘Cockfighting’ as an Anthropological Object

3. Anthropological Objects II: Witchcraft in the Bocage

   • Defining Witchcraft as an Anthropological Object

   • Social Functions of Beliefs and Practices

   • Methodologies for Studying Superstition and Religion

4. Anthropological Objects III: Nuer ‘Sacrifice’ and Txikao ‘Couvade’

   • Rituals of Sacrifice and Their Cultural Implications

   • Comparative Study of Couvade (Father’s Ritual in Childbirth) in Different Cultures

   • The Role of Symbolism and Power in Ritual Practice

5. Complex Anthropological Objects

   • Combining Material and Symbolic Dimensions in Anthropological Research

   • Multi-Layered Analysis of Human Behavior and Beliefs

   • Approaching Complex Systems in Cultural Studies

Chapter Two: Sociological Objects

1. Received Paradigms

   • Classical Sociological Theories: Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism

   • Contemporary Sociological Paradigms

   • The Evolution of Sociological Thought and its Influence on Research Objects

2. Against Prescriptive Assumptions: Indexical Social Objects

   • Defining Indexicality in Social Research

   • Social Objects as Contextually Defined and Fluid

   • Reinterpreting Social Phenomena: From Universality to Contextual Understanding

3. Sociological Objects: Stages of Research and Levels of Construction

   • The Process of Conceptualizing Sociological Objects

   • Methodological Considerations in Sociological Research

   • Stages of Research: From Fieldwork to Theory Construction

4. A Classic Example: Suicide

   • The Study of Suicide in Sociology: Durkheim’s Classical Work

   • The Evolution of Suicide Research: Modern Perspectives

   • The Sociological Object of Suicide: Personal, Social, and Cultural Dimensions

Chapter Three: Historical Objects

1. The Normative View: Explaining History by Hempelian Laws

   • The Role of Causality in Historical Explanation

   • Hempel’s Laws and Their Application to Historical Narratives

   • Objectivity in Historical Research: Challenges and Methods

2. ‘What’ do Historians Explain?

   • The Focus of Historical Inquiry: Events, Processes, or Structures?

   • The Temporal Dimension of Historical Objects

   • The Intersection of History with Other Social Sciences

3. Quantitative and Qualitative History: Samples of Research

   • Approaches to Historical Research: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Methods

   • Case Studies and Examples of Quantitative Historical Research

   • Narrative History: Qualitative Interpretations and Contextual Analysis

4. Making History in Museums

   • The Role of Museums in Shaping Historical Narratives

   • Historical Objects in Display and Interpretation

   • The Politics of History: Who Controls the Past?

Chapter Four: Economic Objects

1. Economic Theory and Methodological Concern

   • Defining Economic Objects in Theory: Scarcity, Value, and Utility

   • Theoretical Approaches: Neoclassical, Marxist, Keynesian, and Post-Keynesian Economics

   • Methodological Approaches to Studying Economic Objects

2. Rhetorical Objects of Economic Practice

   • Economic Discourse and the Power of Language

   • The Role of Rhetoric in Shaping Economic Policy and Thought

   • Economic Practice as a Social Construct

3. Realist Objects of Economic Practice

   • Realist Approaches to Economics: Defining ‘Real’ Economic Objects

   • The Role of Social, Political, and Cultural Contexts in Economic Analysis

   • Critiquing the Abstract Nature of Traditional Economic Models

4. The ‘Partial’ Object of Economics

   • The Fragmentation of Economic Reality into Isolated Models

   • Reconciling Different Economic Objects: Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics

   • Exploring the Interactions Between Economic Systems and Social Structures

Chapter Five: Geographical Objects

1. A Natural or a Social Science?

   • The Debate: Is Geography a Natural or Social Science?

   • The Geographical Turn in Social Science

   • Defining ‘Geographical Objects’: Space, Place, and Landscape

2. ‘Space and Place’: Quantitative Reconstructions

   • Quantitative Methods in Geography: Mapping and Spatial Analysis

   • Geospatial Technologies and Their Impact on Geography

   • The Objectification of Space and Place in Physical Geography

3. ‘Space and Place’: Qualitative Reconstructions

   • Human Geography: Understanding Meaning and Experience in Space

   • The Role of Phenomenology in Understanding Place

   • Ethnographic Approaches to Geographical Objects

4. ‘Space and Place’: Realist Reconstructions

   • Realist Geography: Understanding Social Realities through Space and Place

   • The Materiality of Geography: How Social Structures are Shaped by Space

   • Exploring the Relationship Between Physical and Social Space

5. The Possible Worlds of Human Geography

   • Imagining Alternative Geographies and Futures

   • The Role of Speculative and Critical Geographies

   • Globalization, Urbanization, and the Changing Landscape of Human Geography

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