Social Sciences in the Looking Glass : Studies in the Production of Knowledge...

Duke University Press

The Social Sciences in the Looking GlassStudies in the Production of Knowledge\nAuthor(s): Didier Fassin, George Steinmetz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9781478016823, 978-1478016823\nSynopsis\nIn recent years, social scientists have turned their critical lens on the historical roots and contours of their disciplines, including their politics and practices, epistemologies and methods, institutionalization and professionalization, national development and colonial expansion, globalization and local contestations, and public presence and role in society. The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass offers current social scientific perspectives on this reflexive moment. Examining sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, legal theory, and religious studies, the volumes contributors outline the present transformations of the social sciences, explore their connections with critical humanities, analyzek