The Hermeneutic Circle vs. the Enlightenment

Tate, John William

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“…the neoliberal timescape), and back again, in search of increasing coherence and conviction (Oliver, 1983, pp. 527-528;Tate, 1998;Gillan, 2008a;c.f. Ullrich & Keller, 2014).…”

Section: Successorsmentioning

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Temporality in social movement theory: vectors and events in the neoliberal timescape

Gillan

2018

Social Movement Studies

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Existing theories of social movements have a weak conception of temporality, which is generally tied to truncated protest waves or else to micro-scale sequences of interaction. Neither approach enables an understanding of continuity and change in the content and form of social movements over longer periods. This article develops a new conceptual terminology intended to bring temporal sensitivity to our understanding of the interplay between movements and their socio-political environments. Vectors highlight evolving patterns of interaction that carry ideas and action orientations into a range of social settings over a period of decades. Examining the interplay of different vectors, and accounting also for the unfolding character of historic events, enables the apprehension of an overarching timescape within which movements move. This theoretical approach is illustrated with an examination of three significant periods of transnational contention associated with the Alter-Globalization, Anti-War, and Occupy movements. Analysis of vectors that shape discourses of conflict, organizational preferences, and practices of individual autonomy explain dynamics of continuity and change across different movements, each of which is shaped by a dynamic neoliberal timescape.

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“…the neoliberal timescape), and back again, in search of increasing coherence and conviction (Oliver, 1983, pp. 527-528;Tate, 1998;Gillan, 2008a;c.f. Ullrich & Keller, 2014).…”

Section: Successorsmentioning

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Temporality in social movement theory: vectors and events in the neoliberal timescape

Gillan

2018

Social Movement Studies

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“…It is not, however, the case that we understand better, but rather that ‘we understand in a different way, if we understand at all’ (Gadamer 2004, 296). Neither is it the case that we are moving towards a final ‘objective’ solution (Tate 1998).…”

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“…One should view the hermeneutic circle as a heuristic state (Tate 1998). It gives us a miniaturized view of the understanding process in reality.…”

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“…In this way one should be in a position to assess the other culture in a manner which does not presuppose biased influence of the first. This has been rejected by Gadamer (Tate 1998). Understanding is always coloured by ones earlier culture/tradition and it is naive to think that one can enter into another culture without drawing on one's own previous experiences.…”

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How do we close the hermeneutic circle? A Gadamerian approach to justification in interpretation in qualitative studies

2008

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In this article, an attempt is made to analyse important implications of the hermeneutic approach in qualitative studies. The article discusses the hermeneutic circle with regard to reasoning contexts, on which the researcher's interpretation is based. Problems in connection with achievement of 'proper' understanding in an interpretative process are discussed in light of Gadamer's hermeneutic philosophy. Some features of qualitative studies are addressed. This is concerned with arguments in the presentation of findings in qualitative studies using the hermeneutic approach. The essence of the article is there are grounds for reasonable understanding, even though it cannot be absolute in the hermeneutic.

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“…It has further argued that, since triangulation has moved away from convergent validation towards methodological combination for analytic richness, and multiple method research encourages testing of multiple perspectives and experiences, there is a connection between multiple method studies done within a conventional framework and postmodernism's interest in multiple perspectives. A philosophical position that accommodates this approach is found in contemporary hermeneutics, where no single account offers the whole 'truth' but each contributes additively to a progressively richer understanding (Tate, 1998).…”

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Going out on a Limb

Fielding

2009

Current Sociology

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The article argues that 'moderate postmodernism' can in certain respects be reconciled with a methodological practice, triangulation, that is based on main-stream methodological foundations. A connection is made between moderate postmodernism and triangulation's orientation to multiple methods. The evolution of social science approaches to triangulation towards a position less concerned with convergent validation and more concerned with using multiple methods to create greater analytic density and conceptual richness facilitates a conciliation between postmodernism and triangulation. The argument is illustrated by contemporary empirical examples.

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The Hermeneutic Circle vs. the Enlightenment

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Temporality in social movement theory: vectors and events in the neoliberal timescape

Temporality in social movement theory: vectors and events in the neoliberal timescape

How do we close the hermeneutic circle? A Gadamerian approach to justification in interpretation in qualitative studies

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