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Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Transaction Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.589kg
ISBN: 9780765800039
ISBN 10: 0765800039
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 31 October 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<p> Martin's book offers a critical survey of the methodological concept of Verstehen, or understanding, which he defines as taking the subjective standpoint of social actors. Although the German term heads the title, more space is actually devoted to American and British social scientists than to Continental thinkers... Upper-division undergraduates and above. --C. T. Loader, Choice This book offers a detailed examination of various interpretations of the Verstehen doctrine. Martin's book stands tall as a sort of a neoclassic summarization and critique of various interpretations of the Verstehen doctrine. --Contemporary Sociology
This book offers a detailed examination of various interpretations of the Verstehen doctrine. Martin's book stands tall as a sort of a neoclassic summarization and critique of various interpretations of the Verstehen doctrine. -- Contemporary Sociology
Martin's book offers a critical survey of the methodological concept of <em>Verstehen</em>, or understanding, which he defines as taking the subjective standpoint of social actors. Although the German term heads the title, more space is actually devoted to American and British social scientists than to Continental thinkers... Upper-division undergraduates and above. </p> --C. T. Loader, <em>Choice</em></p> This book offers a detailed examination of various interpretations of the <em>Verstehen</em> doctrine. . . . This book is valuable. . . . Martin's book stands tall as a sort of a neoclassic summarization and critique of various interpretations of the <em>Verstehen</em> doctrine. </p> --Jeffrey B. Davis and Thomas A. Schwandt, Contemporary Sociology</em></p>
Author Information
Michael Martin is professor of philosophy emeritus at Boston University. He has done research in the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of law, and the philosophy of the social sciences. He is the author of many books including, Social Science and Philosophical Analysis (1978), The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart (1987), Atheism: A Philosophical Justification, The Case Against Christianity (1991), Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian (1997), and co-editor with L. McIntyre of Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science.
