EXPERIENCE

This book is a radical plea for the centrality of experience in the social and human sciences. Scott Lash argues that a large part o f the output of the social sciences today is still shaped by assumptions stemming from positivism, in contrast to the tradition of i nterpretative social enquiry pioneered by Max Weber. These assumptions are particularly central to economics, with its emphasis on homo economicus , the utilitymaximizing, instrumental actor, but they have infiltrated the other social sciences too. Lash argues for a social...[Read more]