Reflexivity the essential guide - May, Tim 1957-; Perry, Beth (Los Angeles Sage, 2017)
What is reflexivity? -- The structure of the book -- The reflexive difference -- Chapter 1: Thought and Knowledge in the History of Ideas -- In search of certainty -- Context matters -- Enduring concepts: reason and scepticism return -- Summary: reflexivity rooted -- Chapter 2: Will, Interpretation and Being -- The will and representation -- Facts, values and interpretations --Interpretation and being -- Summary: reflexivity matters -- Chapter 3: Pragmatism, Practice and Language -- Thought, action and the self -- Thought, action and other minds -- Language, meaning and everyday speech -- Summary: reflexivity embedded -- Chapter 4: Critique and Transformation --Critical theory -- Recovering the promise of reason -- Critiquing critique --Summary: Reflexive relations -- Chapter 5: Power and Action -- Power and the subject -- A Realpolitik of reason --Standpoints and difference -- Summary: Reflexive limits -- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Science in Society -- Co-producing society -- 'New' modes of knowledge production -- Co-producing research --Summary: Reflexivity centred -- Chapter 7: Reflexive Practice -- The work of making context -- The context of making work -- Reflexive research design -- Summary: Reflexive messes -- Chapter 8: Reflexivity Realised -- Who am I? -- How do I relate to others? -- Why and how might I practise?
Originally published in ebook format as: Social research & reflexivity. 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (page [195]-228) and indexes.
Keywords: Critical thinking; Self-knowledge, Theory of