1978
DOI: 10.1007/bf02132606
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Interpretive sociology: The theoretical significance of verstehen in the constitution of social reality

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“…And lastly, we will identify the human rights that can be safely promoted without increasing the risk of civil conflicts, and those which cannot. Notice that, in the context of this paper, we are searching for a causal and explanatory understanding of the subject, we do not follow an interpretative or Verstehen approach (Parsons, 1978). The implication for this is that we will disregard all non-behaviouristic characteristics of conflicts, and notably all of their symbolic, ideological, cultural, or value aspects (Harrison, 1995).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…And lastly, we will identify the human rights that can be safely promoted without increasing the risk of civil conflicts, and those which cannot. Notice that, in the context of this paper, we are searching for a causal and explanatory understanding of the subject, we do not follow an interpretative or Verstehen approach (Parsons, 1978). The implication for this is that we will disregard all non-behaviouristic characteristics of conflicts, and notably all of their symbolic, ideological, cultural, or value aspects (Harrison, 1995).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But how do they represent themselves? I suggest that Filipino migrants represent themselves as Filipinos both from the inside and the outside-and that they thus implicitly embrace the ethnographer's point of view, which has always been a synecdochic one (Clifford 1983;Demerath 1966;Parsons 1978). Such an internal-external perspective places Filipino migrants in the middle of a cultural divide, which recalls indeed the ethnographer's position: they represent their cultural world because they are part of it, but also because they are not in it anymore.…”
Section: "Our Flores De Mayo": Flowers and Paradementioning
confidence: 94%
“…We subjected ourselves to our matter, meeting it as fully as possible. We were interested in developing a constitutive code (Parsons, 1978), one that focuses on intentional interpersonal meanings and not preexisting regulative codes that can be applied ex post facto. Our commitment is to natural, not artificial, classifications.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They help us to understand &dquo;the patterns of interaction among those who participate in a context of meaning&dquo; (Parsons, 1978: 128).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%