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Social Research after the Cultural Turn: A (Self-)Critical Introduction

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What are the possibilities for social research after the ‘cultural turn’? How have the epistemological and political contexts of social research changed? Can we still define a distinct sphere of ‘the social’ to research? What ontologies and methodologies might critical social research employ after the cultural turn?

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© 2012 Sasha Roseneil and Stephen Frosh

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Roseneil, S., Frosh, S. (2012). Social Research after the Cultural Turn: A (Self-)Critical Introduction. In: Roseneil, S., Frosh, S. (eds) Social Research after the Cultural Turn. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230360839_1

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