Conversations About Reflexivity

Download or read book Conversations About Reflexivity written by Margaret S. Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the first book to focus on ‘Reflexivity’, the following is discussed in detail: 1) Where does the ability to be ‘reflexive’ comes from? 2) What part do our internal reflexive deliberations play in designing the courses of action we take? 3) Is ‘reflexivity’ a homogeneous practice for all people and invariant over history? Throughout, contributors refer to influential thinkers like Habermas, Giddens, Bourdieu and Beck.