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“dr david bakhurst”

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  • Education and Conversation

    Exploring Oakeshott’s Legacy

    Edited by Dr David Bakhurst, Professor Paul Fairfield ...
    Since Michael Oakeshott spoke of education as initiation into 'the conversation of mankind' more than fifty years ago, the idea has inspired a diverse array of thinkers and continues to be invoked today by those seeking to resist the influence of managerialism and narrow instrumentalism in educational policy and practice.Education and Conversation draws together papers written by scholars from ... Read more

    $231.99 CAD

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    Outline of the Theory of Structuration

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and ... Read more

    $36.00 CAD

  • An Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology

    by Kerry E Howell ...
    This book provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology. The book stands apart from existing methodology texts by clarifying in a student-friendly and engaging way distinctions between philosophical positions, paradigms of inquiry, methodology and methods. Building an understanding of the relationships and distinctions between philosophical positions and paradigms ... Read more

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  • The Theory of Communicative Action

    Lifeworld and Systems, a Critique of Functionalist Reason, Volume 2

    Translated by Thomas McCarthy ...
    by Jürgen Habermas ...
    This study offers a systematic reconstruction of the theoretical foundations and framework of critical social theory. It is Habermas' "magnum opus", and it is regarded as one of the most important works of modern social thought. In this second and final volume of the work, Habermas examines the relations between action concepts and systems theory and elaborates a framework for analyzing the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Morality for Humans

    Ethical Understanding from the Perspective of Cognitive Science

    by Mark Johnson ...
    "A welcome renewal and defense of John Dewey's ethical naturalism, which Johnson claims is the only morality 'fit for actual human beings.'" — Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsWhat is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to absolutes, whether drawn from God, universal reason, or societal authority. ... Read more

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  • Anthropology in Theory

    Issues in Epistemology

    Edited by Henrietta L. Moore, Todd Sanders ...
    This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century.Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theoryRevised ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life

    Working with Everyday Life Materials

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    This book is a ′survival guide′ for students and researchers who would like to conduct a qualitative study with limited resources. Brinkmann shows how everyday life materials such as books, television, the internet, the media and everyday conversations and interactions can help us to understand larger social issues.As living human beings in cultural worlds, we are constantly surrounded by ′data′ ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Reflexive Methodology

    New Vistas for Qualitative Research

    by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Skoldberg ...
    Praise for the Second Edition:"In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this volume on ′Reflexive Methodology′ explicitly turns towards a consideration of the perceptual, cognitive, theoretical, ... Read more

    $139.99 CAD

  • Philosophy of Education

    by Nel Noddings ...
    The first edition of Nel Noddings' Philosophy of Education was acclaimed as the 'best overview in the field' by the journal Teaching Philosophy and predicted to 'become the standard textbook in philosophy of education' by Educational Theory. This classic text, originally designed to give the education student a comprehensive look at philosophical thought in relation to teaching, learning, research ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Philosophies of Qualitative Research

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Series series Understanding Qualitative Research
    In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Key Problems of Sociological Theory

    by John Rex ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    This is Volume of VII twenty-two on a series on Social Theory and Methodology. Originally published in 1961, this book was written because of the author’s sense of the inadequacies of a sociological tradition dominated by empiricism and positivism. The tradition of empiricism leads to attempts to settle public issues by reference to crude ad hoc generalisations. So “right-wing” facts are refuted ... Read more

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  • Explaining the Normative

    by Stephen P. Turner ...
    Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding. It is present whenever we use such terms as ‘correct,' ‘ought,' ‘must,' and the language of obligation, responsibility, and logical compulsion. Yet normativists, the philosophers committed to this idea, admit that the idea of a non-causal normative realm and a body of normative objects is ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD