| ID | 131701 |
| Title Proper | Transcending objectivism, subjectivism, and the knowledge in-between |
| Other Title Information | the subject in/of 'strong reflexivity' |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ataya, Inanna Hamati |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article addresses the problématique of the subject and the subject-object dichotomy from a post-objectivist, reflexivist perspective informed by a 'strong' version of reflexivity. It clarifies the rationale and epistemic-ontological requirements of strong reflexivity comparatively, through a discussion of autoethnography and autobiography, taken as representatives of other variants of reflexive scholarship. By deconstructing the ontological, epistemic, and reflexive statuses of the subject in the auto-ethnographic and auto-biographical variants, the article shows that the move from objectivism to post-objectivism can entail different reconfigurations of the subject-object relation, some of which can lead to subjectivism or an implicit positivist view of the subject. Strong reflexivity provides a coherent and empowering critique of objectivism because it consistently turns the ontological fact of the social situatedness of knowledge into an epistemic principle of social-scientific research, thereby providing reflexivist scholars with a critique of objectivism from within that allows them to reclaim the philosophical, social, and ethical dimensions of objectivity rather than surrender them to the dominant neopositivist tradition. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol.40, No.1; January 2014: p.153-175 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol.40, No.1; January 2014: p.153-175 |
| Key Words | Ethical Dimensions ; Epistemic-Ontological ; Dichotomy ; Ontology ; Epistemic ; Objectivism ; Ontological Fact ; Subjectivism ; Implicit Positivist ; Social Dimensions ; Philosophical Dimension ; Ethnographic ; Coherent Critique ; Empowering Critique |