Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to A Critical Humanism - Softcover

Plummer, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761961321 ISBN 13: 9780761961321

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Documents of Life was originally published in 1983 and became a classic text, providing both a persuasive argument for a particular approach and a manifesto for social research. As a critique of anti-humanist methodology in the social sciences, it championed the use of life stories and other personal documents in research which are now widely used today. This book is a substantially revised and expanded version which takes on recent developments.

Providing numerous illustrations from a range of life documents, the book traces the history of the method, examines ways of ′doing life story′ research, and discusses the many political and ethical issues raised by such research. The whole book has been substantially re-written and

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761961321
• ISBN 13: 9780761961321
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320