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dc.contributor.authorIsaksen, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-03T09:11:54Z
dc.date.available2020-03-03T09:11:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-13
dc.description.abstractLiterature reviews have traditionally been a simple exercise in reporting the current relevant research, both to provide an overview of the current status of the field, and perhaps to draw attention to controversies. From the perspective of positivist research traditions, it was important to neutrally report all the relevant research, which was assumed to be foundational. In this article, written for the Applied Critical Realism special issue of <i>Journal of Critical Realism</i>, I use my own research to illustrate how a literature review might look if it were non-foundational and guided by the principles of immanent critique. Immanent critique is central to Bhaskar’s philosophical methodology but has not been much applied in critical realist empirical research. Following a brief introduction to immanent critique, its history and relation to other ways of grounding knowledge, an excerpt from a literature review is used as backdrop for an extended discussion about various potential applications, and implications, of immanent critique in social research. Immanent critique as method can take the form of noting theory–theory, theory–practice, and/or theory–data inconsistencies. Immanent critique as grounds for knowledge provides the possibility for knowledge and rational theory choice despite a rejection of foundationalism and of neutral standpoints. As a method by which to structure a literature review, immanent critique provides an excellent way to better understand the relevant literature, to formulate justifiable opinions about it, and to guide research questions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIsaksen KR. Without foundation or neutral standpoint: using immanent critique to guide a literature review. Journal of Critical Realism. 2018;17(2):97-117en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1798997
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14767430.2018.1427180
dc.identifier.issn1476-7430
dc.identifier.issn1572-5138
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17575
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Critical Realism
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2018 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Philosophical disciplines: 160en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Filosofiske fag: 160en_US
dc.titleWithout foundation or neutral standpoint: using immanent critique to guide a literature reviewen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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