%0 Journal Article
%T Interpretations in Social Sciences – Theoretical and Methodological Aspects
%A Jabłoński, Andrzej W.
%J Teoria Polityki
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/25440845TP.19.013.11779
%N No. 4/2020
%P 11-30
%K interpretation, understanding, explanation, qualitative research, theory of politics
%@ 2543-7046
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/teoria-polityki/article/interpretacje-w-naukach-spolecznych-aspekty-teoretyczne-i-metodologiczne
%X 
	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.