Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to a Critical Humanism - Couverture souple

Plummer, Kenneth

 
9780761961321: Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to a Critical Humanism

Synopsis

Documents of Life was originally published in 1983 and became a classic text, providing both a persuasive argument for a particular approach and a manifesto for social research. As a critique of anti-humanist methodology in the social sciences, it championed the use of life stories and other personal documents in research which are now widely used today. This book is a substantially revised and expanded version which takes on recent developments.

Providing numerous illustrations from a range of life documents, the book traces the history of the method, examines ways of 'doing life story' research, and discusses the many political and ethical issues raised by such research. The whole book has been substantially re-written and

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9780761961314: Documents of Life: An Invitation to Critical Humanism

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ISBN 10 :  0761961313 ISBN 13 :  9780761961314
Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2000
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