Writing the Social Text: Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse (Communication & Social Order) - Softcover

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9780202303871: Writing the Social Text: Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse (Communication & Social Order)
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ISBN 10: 020230387X ISBN 13: 9780202303871
Publisher: Aldine Transaction, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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Richard Brown

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Publisher
Aldine Transaction
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
020230387X
ISBN 13 
9780202303871
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
244
Editor
Brown Richard

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