@article{e9947d20-8686-40a4-9352-de182620847f,
author = {Andrzej W. Jabłoński},
title = {Interpretations in Social Sciences – Theoretical and Methodological Aspects},
journal = {Teoria Polityki},
volume = {2020},
number = {No. 4/2020},
year = {2020},
issn = {2543-7046},
pages = {11-30},keywords = {interpretation; understanding; explanation; qualitative research; theory of politics},
abstract = {Presented article offers a general overview of the interpretive approaches in the social and political sciences. The article starts with the definitions and etymology of the term “interpretation” and its synonyms. In the section 1 the author refers to the interpretive methodology of Max Weber and its actuality in the academic disciplines such as ethnography, sociology, history and law. The section 3 explains the usefulness of interpretive methods in doing research within a qualitative methodology in the social and political sciences. Sections 4 and 5 describe the nature of relations between interpretation, understanding and explanation. The last section brings attention on the application of interpretive methodology in the political science and political theory. Instead of a summary the author shares a reflection on the condition of science and a future of interpretative studies.},
doi = {10.4467/25440845TP.19.013.11779},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/teoria-polityki/article/interpretacje-w-naukach-spolecznych-aspekty-teoretyczne-i-metodologiczne}
}