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Method as Ruse: Foucault and Research Method
dc.contributor.author | Cooke, Marvin L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-19T18:39:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-19T18:39:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 18, Number 1&2 (WINTER, SPRING, 1994), pp. 47-65 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5106 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5106 | |
dc.description.abstract | A ruse is a gimmick or device used as a strategy or instrument. For Foucault, method can best be understood as a ruse rather than as a method which promises truth. Methods regulate what can be discovered and the discourse about what can be discovered In this essay. the realist and idealist models of method are criticized from Foucault's perspective. Both models rely on some transcendental reality which -- from Foucault's perspective -- are constructed by the practices of research itself. Even though Foucault rejects foundational assumptions, he does have a method which has its homogeneity, its systematicity, and its generality. Foucault's method is outlined, discussed, and related to similar methods. Finally, Foucault's critics are noted and answered. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Department of Sociology, University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045. | |
dc.title | Method as Ruse: Foucault and Research Method | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17161/STR.1808.5106 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |