The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology

The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology

The epistemological goal of interpretive sociology is the reconstruction of meaning. The basic internal differences appear clearly in the theoretical answers to the question as to where meaning is originally constituted. Within German sociology four main perspectives have become institutionalised, i...

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Main Author: Ronald Hitzler
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: FQS 2005-09-01
Series:Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Subjects:
interpretive sociology
methods of qualitative research
biographical research
sociol­ogy of knowledge
objective hermeneutics
Online Access:http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/7
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spelling doaj-910c0fc1fd4c4bb181a3165e6e77bee32020-11-24T21:05:39ZdeuFQS Forum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272005-09-01636The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive SociologyRonald Hitzler0Universität DortmundThe epistemological goal of interpretive sociology is the reconstruction of meaning. The basic internal differences appear clearly in the theoretical answers to the question as to where meaning is originally constituted. Within German sociology four main perspectives have become institutionalised, in a) the "Methods of Qualitative Research" Section, b) the "Biographical Research" Section, c) the "Sociology of Knowledge" Section (formerly "Sociology of Language"), and d) the "Objective Hermeneutics" Association. The central theoretical and methodological questions and answers of these different groups are described, and it is pointed out which developments orig­inated abroad and which are specific to German sociology. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503450http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/7interpretive sociologymethods of qualitative researchbiographical researchsociol­ogy of knowledgeobjective hermeneutics
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The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology
Forum: Qualitative Social Research
interpretive sociology
methods of qualitative research
biographical research
sociol­ogy of knowledge
objective hermeneutics
author_facet Ronald Hitzler
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title The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology
title_short The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology
title_full The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology
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publishDate 2005-09-01
description The epistemological goal of interpretive sociology is the reconstruction of meaning. The basic internal differences appear clearly in the theoretical answers to the question as to where meaning is originally constituted. Within German sociology four main perspectives have become institutionalised, in a) the "Methods of Qualitative Research" Section, b) the "Biographical Research" Section, c) the "Sociology of Knowledge" Section (formerly "Sociology of Language"), and d) the "Objective Hermeneutics" Association. The central theoretical and methodological questions and answers of these different groups are described, and it is pointed out which developments orig­inated abroad and which are specific to German sociology. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503450
topic interpretive sociology
methods of qualitative research
biographical research
sociol­ogy of knowledge
objective hermeneutics
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