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'Post' Haste: plodding research and galloping theory.
- Source :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education; Jun93, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p199-205, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- This paper outlines the difficulties in conceptualising and presenting research, in particular doctoral work in education, in the current climate of intellectual theorising. It argues that many researches experience a phenomenon described in the paper as 'post-modernist tension' when trying to write in an atmosphere of theoretical and methodological uncertainty. The author elaborates the 'symptoms' of post-modernist tension, and makes a critique of some elements of contemporary social theorising. Nevertheless, the author acknowledges the usefulness of contemporary social theory in challenging traditional research, despite its density and inaccessibility to many researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL theory
INTELLECT
INTELLECTUALS
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
SOCIOLOGY
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01425692
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9603201646
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0142569930140206