Entering the Circle: Hermeneutic Investigation in Psychology

By Martin J. Packer

Book Overview

Entering the Circle addresses the practical and methodological aspects of research within the interpretive or hermeneutic perspective. It contains descriptions of exemplary interpretive research projects in psychology and closely allied fields. Offering insight into the range and subtleties of the methods of interpretive inquiry, this collection challenges the reader to question the assumptions behind more traditional research that aims, instead, to objectify human phenomena.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079140014X
• ISBN13: 9780791400142
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.