Excuse me, but i can not aggree that social science
should follow the natural sciences.The human nature is
not the non-human nature - To compare the humans with
laws of the phisics is a terrible mistake.Not the
method or anything in the natural science can be
applied to the mankind.Ok, the social science may not
provide the results, which the natural science
provide, but come on...please!
Regards Zhivko
--- Bent Flyvbjerg <bf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> With this note I would like to let you know that my
> new book MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER: WHY SOCIAL
> INQUIRY FAILS AND HOW IT CAN SUCCEED AGAIN has just
> been published by Cambridge University Press.
>
> MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER is a study in the
> philosophy of social science. The book compares
> social and natural science and demonstrates why
> economics and other social sciences will probably
> never be able to explain and predict the way the
> natural sciences do. The book explicates the
> importance of context, judgment, and power to social
> science. Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche,
> Habermas, and Foucault are major theoretical
> influences.
>
> I include the following for your information:
>
> - The Table of Contents
> - The book's back cover text.
>
> I hope this is useful. Please feel free to forward
> this message to any relevant person or listserv.
>
> If this mail is of no interest to you, I am sorry
> and apologize for the inconvenience. Also apologies
> for any cross posting.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor
> Aalborg University, Dept. of Development and
> Planning
> 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
> email: flyvbjerg@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> CONTENTS: MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER
> Acknowledgments
> 1. The Science Wars: A Way Out
> PART ONE: WHY SOCIAL SCIENCE HAS FAILED AS SCIENCE
> 2. Rationality, Body, and Intuition in Human
> Learning
> 3. Is Theory Possible in Social Science?
> 4. Context Counts
> PART TWO: HOW SOCIAL SCIENCE CAN MATTER AGAIN
> 5. Values in Social and Political Inquiry
> 6. The Power of Example
> 7. The Significance of Conflict and Power to
> Social Science
> 8. Empowering Aristotle
> 9. Methodological Guidelines for a Reformed
> Social Science
> 10. Examples and Illustrations: Narratives of
> Value and Power
> 11. Social Science That Matters
> Notes
> Index
>
>
> FROM THE BACK COVER OF MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER
> MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER presents an exciting
> new approach to the social and behavioral sciences.
> Instead of trying to emulate the natural sciences
> and create a kind of general theory, Bent Flyvbjerg
> argues that the strength of the social sciences lies
> in their rich, reflexive analysis of values and
> power--so essential to the social and economic
> development of society. Moving beyond the purely
> analytic or technical, Flyvbjerg compares the
> theoretical study of human activity with real-world
> situations and demonstrates how the social sciences
> can become relevant again in the modern world.
> Powerfully argued, with clear methodological
> guidelines and practical examples, MAKING SOCIAL
> SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the social
> sciences, freed from an inappropriate and misleading
> comparison with the natural sciences. Its empowering
> message will make it required reading for students
> and academics across the social and behavioral
> sciences.
>
> PIERRE BOURDIEU, COLLEGE DE FRANCE: "This is social
> science that matters."
>
> ROBERT N. BELLAH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
> BERKELEY: "This is a book I have been waiting for
> for a long time. It opens up entirely new
> perspectives for social science by showing us that
> abandoning the aspiration to be like natural science
> is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and
> ought to be doing instead. It is a landmark book
> that deserves the widest possible reading and
> discussion."
>
> ED SOJA, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL
> RESEARCH, UCLA: "This brilliant contextualization of
> social inquiry, hinging on both Aristotle and
> Foucault, gives new meaning to the concept of
> praxis. It will be of interest to everyone concerned
> with making democracy work."
>
> STEVEN LUKES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Flyvbjerg,
> author of RATIONALITY AND POWER: DEMOCRACY IN
> PRACTICE, an innovative, fine-grained and
> civically-engaged study of local power in Denmark,
> here reflects, in accessible and pleasurable prose,
> on large, challenging questions: What,
> fundamentally, makes social science different from
> natural science? Why is it relatively so poor in
> producing cumulative and predictive theories? What
> kinds of knowledge should it seek and with what
> methods? His answers, drawing on Nietzsche,
> Foucault, Bourdieu and others, are worth the close
> attention of those predisposed to reject them out of
> hand."
>
> There's more information about the book at
> www.us.cambridge.org and www.uk.cambridge.org.
>
>
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should follow the natural sciences.The human nature is
not the non-human nature - To compare the humans with
laws of the phisics is a terrible mistake.Not the
method or anything in the natural science can be
applied to the mankind.Ok, the social science may not
provide the results, which the natural science
provide, but come on...please!
Regards Zhivko
--- Bent Flyvbjerg <bf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> With this note I would like to let you know that my
> new book MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER: WHY SOCIAL
> INQUIRY FAILS AND HOW IT CAN SUCCEED AGAIN has just
> been published by Cambridge University Press.
>
> MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER is a study in the
> philosophy of social science. The book compares
> social and natural science and demonstrates why
> economics and other social sciences will probably
> never be able to explain and predict the way the
> natural sciences do. The book explicates the
> importance of context, judgment, and power to social
> science. Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche,
> Habermas, and Foucault are major theoretical
> influences.
>
> I include the following for your information:
>
> - The Table of Contents
> - The book's back cover text.
>
> I hope this is useful. Please feel free to forward
> this message to any relevant person or listserv.
>
> If this mail is of no interest to you, I am sorry
> and apologize for the inconvenience. Also apologies
> for any cross posting.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor
> Aalborg University, Dept. of Development and
> Planning
> 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
> email: flyvbjerg@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> CONTENTS: MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER
> Acknowledgments
> 1. The Science Wars: A Way Out
> PART ONE: WHY SOCIAL SCIENCE HAS FAILED AS SCIENCE
> 2. Rationality, Body, and Intuition in Human
> Learning
> 3. Is Theory Possible in Social Science?
> 4. Context Counts
> PART TWO: HOW SOCIAL SCIENCE CAN MATTER AGAIN
> 5. Values in Social and Political Inquiry
> 6. The Power of Example
> 7. The Significance of Conflict and Power to
> Social Science
> 8. Empowering Aristotle
> 9. Methodological Guidelines for a Reformed
> Social Science
> 10. Examples and Illustrations: Narratives of
> Value and Power
> 11. Social Science That Matters
> Notes
> Index
>
>
> FROM THE BACK COVER OF MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER
> MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER presents an exciting
> new approach to the social and behavioral sciences.
> Instead of trying to emulate the natural sciences
> and create a kind of general theory, Bent Flyvbjerg
> argues that the strength of the social sciences lies
> in their rich, reflexive analysis of values and
> power--so essential to the social and economic
> development of society. Moving beyond the purely
> analytic or technical, Flyvbjerg compares the
> theoretical study of human activity with real-world
> situations and demonstrates how the social sciences
> can become relevant again in the modern world.
> Powerfully argued, with clear methodological
> guidelines and practical examples, MAKING SOCIAL
> SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the social
> sciences, freed from an inappropriate and misleading
> comparison with the natural sciences. Its empowering
> message will make it required reading for students
> and academics across the social and behavioral
> sciences.
>
> PIERRE BOURDIEU, COLLEGE DE FRANCE: "This is social
> science that matters."
>
> ROBERT N. BELLAH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
> BERKELEY: "This is a book I have been waiting for
> for a long time. It opens up entirely new
> perspectives for social science by showing us that
> abandoning the aspiration to be like natural science
> is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and
> ought to be doing instead. It is a landmark book
> that deserves the widest possible reading and
> discussion."
>
> ED SOJA, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL
> RESEARCH, UCLA: "This brilliant contextualization of
> social inquiry, hinging on both Aristotle and
> Foucault, gives new meaning to the concept of
> praxis. It will be of interest to everyone concerned
> with making democracy work."
>
> STEVEN LUKES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Flyvbjerg,
> author of RATIONALITY AND POWER: DEMOCRACY IN
> PRACTICE, an innovative, fine-grained and
> civically-engaged study of local power in Denmark,
> here reflects, in accessible and pleasurable prose,
> on large, challenging questions: What,
> fundamentally, makes social science different from
> natural science? Why is it relatively so poor in
> producing cumulative and predictive theories? What
> kinds of knowledge should it seek and with what
> methods? His answers, drawing on Nietzsche,
> Foucault, Bourdieu and others, are worth the close
> attention of those predisposed to reject them out of
> hand."
>
> There's more information about the book at
> www.us.cambridge.org and www.uk.cambridge.org.
>
>
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