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Literary fiction and social science. Two partially overlapping magisteria

Journal of comparative research in anthropology and sociology, 2014-12, Vol.5 (2), p.133-152 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology, Doctoral School of Sociology Winter 2014 ;ISSN: 2068-0317 ;EISSN: 2068-0317

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Title:
Literary fiction and social science. Two partially overlapping magisteria
Author: Rusu, Mihai Stelian
Subjects: are nonetheless creatively interfere with each other. This paper explores the multiple points of contact between literature and social science and tracks the influences that literary fiction has had on social-scientific knowledge. Nine cases of ideas originally developed in literary sphere and then taken over by various social sciences and integrated into their conceptual vocabularies form the analytic material of this study. The main argument defended in this paper is that literary fiction is a great source of ideas that can inspire theory construction in social sciences. The corpus of literary texts which make up the textual universe of literature contains many embryonically foreshadowed concepts and proto-theories that can be worked out by social sciences into full-blown scientific conceptualizations. Literary tradition is also the depository of punctual propositions that can be distilled from fiction and translated into empirically testable hypotheses. This quality of literary fiction ; Cognition & reasoning ; Cultural anthropology ; despite the fact that they comprise two methodologically autonomous cultures ; Discipline ; Literary fiction ; literature ; of providing ‘Prêt-à-tester’ propositions ; Science ; Social criticism & satire ; social science ; Social Sciences ; social theory ; Sociology ; Studies ; third culture
Is Part Of: Journal of comparative research in anthropology and sociology, 2014-12, Vol.5 (2), p.133-152
Description: Literary fiction and social science, despite the fact that they comprise two methodologically autonomous cultures, are nonetheless creatively interfere with each other. This paper explores the multiple points of contact between literature and social science and tracks the influences that literary fiction has had on social-scientific knowledge. Nine cases of ideas originally developed in literary sphere and then taken over by various social sciences and integrated into their conceptual vocabularies form the analytic material of this study. The main argument defended in this paper is that literary fiction is a great source of ideas that can inspire theory construction in social sciences. The corpus of literary texts which make up the textual universe of literature contains many embryonically foreshadowed concepts and proto-theories that can be worked out by social sciences into full-blown scientific conceptualizations. Literary tradition is also the depository of punctual propositions that can be distilled from fiction and translated into empirically testable hypotheses. This quality of literary fiction, of providing ‘Prêt-à-tester’ propositions, makes it a predilect source of inspiration for social science theorizing.
Publisher: Bucharest: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2068-0317
EISSN: 2068-0317
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Literary fiction and social science. Two partially overlapping magisteria

Copyright University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology, Doctoral School of Sociology Winter 2014 ;ISSN: 2068-0317 ;EISSN: 2068-0317

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