Dive into an intellectual journey with "Experience," a thought-provoking book that emphasizes the significance of human experience within the social and human sciences. Authored by renowned theorist Lash, this 2018 publication challenges conventional positivist thought, arguing for a shift towards interpretative social inquiry, a tradition established by Max Weber. Lash critically examines the pervasive assumptions in social sciences, particularly within economics, where the concept of homo economicus dominates. He contends that a new approach rooted in grounded, subjective experiences is essential for a comprehensive understanding of societal dynamics.

The book elucidates the depth of ancient experience through Aristotle's technics, explores Hannah Arendt's public sphere, and delves into modern technological experiences, all while bridging Eastern philosophical insights on post-ontological thought. Spanning 200 pages and published by John Wiley & Sons (UK), "Experience" is an invaluable resource for students and scholars in sociology, cultural studies, and beyond.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745695150
Year: 2018
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 200


Description:
This book is a radical plea for the centrality of experience in the social and human sciences. Lash argues that a large part of the output of the social sciences today is still shaped by assumptions stemming from positivism, in contrast to the tradition of interpretative social enquiry pioneered by Max Weber. These assumptions are particularly central to economics, with its emphasis on homo economicus, the utility-maximizing actor, but they have infiltrated the other social sciences too. Lash argues for a social sciences based not in positivism™s utilitarian a priori but instead in the a posteriori of grounded and embedded subjective experience. His wide-ranging account starts from considerations of ancient experience via Aristotle™s technics, continues through a politics of Hannah Arendt™s ˜a posteriori™ public sphere and concludes with the contemporary “ with technological experience, on the one hand, and with Chinese post-ontological thought, in which the ˜ten thousand things™ themselves are doing the experiencing, on the other. This original book by a leading social and cultural theorist will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, cultural studies and throughout the social sciences.