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Criticism
About: Criticism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 24672 publications have been published within this topic receiving 378538 citations. The topic is also known as: critique.
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TL;DR: The concept of hegemonic masculinity has influenced gender studies across many academic fields but has also attracted serious criticism as mentioned in this paper, and the authors trace the origin of the concept in a convergence of ideas and map the ways it was applied when research on men and masculinities expanded.
Abstract: The concept of hegemonic masculinity has influenced gender studies across many academic fields but has also attracted serious criticism. The authors trace the origin of the concept in a convergence of ideas in the early 1980s and map the ways it was applied when research on men and masculinities expanded. Evaluating the principal criticisms, the authors defend the underlying concept of masculinity, which in most research use is neither reified nor essentialist. However, the criticism of trait models of gender and rigid typologies is sound. The treatment of the subject in research on hegemonic masculinity can be improved with the aid of recent psychological models, although limits to discursive flexibility must be recognized. The concept of hegemonic masculinity does not equate to a model of social reproduction; we need to recognize social struggles in which subordinated masculinities influence dominant forms. Finally, the authors review what has been confirmed from early formulations (the idea of multiple...
6,922 citations
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01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that it is acceptable, even necessary, to grieve some lives, while others are not valued or are even incomprehensible as lives at all, and argue against the rhetorical use of the charge of anti-semitism to quell public debate.
Abstract: Written after September 11, 2001, in response to the conditions of heightened vulnerability and aggression that have prevailed since then, Judith Butler critiques the use of violence and argues for a response in which violence might be minimized, and interdependency becomes acknowledged as the basis for global political community. Following the expressions of public mourning post-September 11, Butler asks why it's acceptable, even necessary to grieve some lives, while others are not valued or are even incomprehensible as lives at all. Questions of sovereignty, patriotism and censorship are all examined, especially in light of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Finally she investigates the way in which any criticism of the Israeli state is automatically labelled anti-semitic, thus rendering all criticism of Israel a political taboo in the US and the UK. She counters that we have a responsibility to speak out against both Israeli injustices and anti-semitism, and argues against the rhetorical use of the charge of anti-semitism to quell public debate.
4,460 citations
TL;DR: The distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water as mentioned in this papereyerabend, T. S. Kuhn and T. E. Toulmin have made a distinction between the two categories of science.
Abstract: Preface Note on the third impression 1. Logic of discovery of psychology of research? T. S. Kuhn 2. Against 'Normal Science' J. W. N. Watkins 3. Does the distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water? S. E. Toulmin 4. Normal science, scientific revolutions and the history of science L. Pearce Williams 5. Normal science and its dangers K. R. Popper 6. The nature of a paradigm Margaret Masterman 7. Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes I. Lakatos 8. Consolations for the specialist P. K. Feyerabend 9. Reflections on my critics T. S. Kuhn Index.
3,434 citations
01 Jan 1970
3,263 citations
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24 Feb 2017
TL;DR: The meaning of method in Qualitative Inquiry and the meaning of justification in educational criticism are discussed in this article, along with a discussion of ethical tension, controversy, and dilemma in the field of qualitative research.
Abstract: Introduction. 1. Qualitative Thought and Human Understanding. 2. What Makes a Study Qualitative? 3. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Qualitative Research and Evaluation. 4. Educational Connoisseurship. 5. Educational Criticism. 6. Validity in Educational Criticism. 7. A Closer Look at Educational Criticism. 8. The Meaning of Method in Qualitative Inquiry. 9. Do Qualitative Case Studies Have Lessons to Teach? 10. Ethical Tensions, Controversies, and Dilemmas in Qualitative Research. 11. Looking Ahead: Preparing Qualitative Researchers. References. Index.
2,861 citations