Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences

Name: Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences
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ISBN: 9780887066238

ISBN-10: 0887066232

ISBN-13: 9780887066238

Edition: 1988

Authors: Donald E. Polkinghorne

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This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work with people and organizations.Using literary criticism, philosophy, and history, as well as recent developments in the cognitive and social sciences, Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences shows how to use research information organized by the narrative form--such information as clinical life histories, organizational case studies, biographic material, corporate cultural designs, and literary products. The relationship between the narrative format and classical and statistical and experimental designs is clarified and made explicit. Suggestions for doing research are…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 4/7/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


The realms of human existence


The study of narrative meaning


The plan of the book



Narrative Expression


The term "narrative"


The pervasiveness of narratives


Suppositions about human experience


The narrative scheme


Narrative and language


Narrative as discourse


Narrative expression



History and Narrative


History and formal science


Analytic philosophy and history


Narrative and French historiography


History as explanatory discourse


History as narrative discourse


Historical narratives


Ricoeur on narrative and history



Literature and Narrative


Prestructural American criticism


Structuralism and narrative


Written narratives and point of view


Reception theory



Psychology and Narrative


The history of narrative study in psychology Self-Narrative


Narrative competence Life-span development


Freudian psychoanalysis and narrative


Organizational Consultation



Human Existence and Narrative


Narrative and temporality


Action and narrative


Narrative and the self



Practice and Narrative


Human experience as narrative


Research with narrative Psychotherapy


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index