Writing the Social Text

Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse

Richard Brown author Richard Brown editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:31st Dec '92

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During the past decade, it has become commonplace to interpret social and cultural reality-the very groundwork of the social sciences-as linguistic constructions. Not only is society viewed as a text, but scientific texts themselves are seen as rhetorical constructions.This collection of scholarly essays begins with an overview of this emerging field, and covers the specific stylistic practices by which social scientists create "objective" or "true" representations of society. The volume closes with a consideration of the more telling challenges to the rhetorics of the social sciences and how these might be encompassed or overcome.

ISBN: 9780202303871

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 249g

243 pages