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ID131701
Title ProperTranscending objectivism, subjectivism, and the knowledge in-between
Other Title Informationthe subject in/of 'strong reflexivity'
LanguageENG
AuthorAtaya, Inanna Hamati
Publication2014.
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 NoteReview of International Studies Vol.40, No.1; January 2014: p.153-175
Journal SourceReview of International Studies Vol.40, No.1; January 2014: p.153-175
Key WordsEthical Dimensions ;  Epistemic-Ontological ;  Dichotomy ;  Ontology ;  Epistemic ;  Objectivism ;  Ontological Fact ;  Subjectivism ;  Implicit Positivist ;  Social Dimensions ;  Philosophical Dimension ;  Ethnographic ;  Coherent Critique ;  Empowering Critique


 
 
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