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L’Enquête, entre science de l’État et thérapie sociale (2020)

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Philosophy of science Research methods Methodology of science; scientific method Social sciences 20th century, early 19th century Germany

Cet article tente de reconstituer l’histoire de la réception et de l’appropriation de la catégorie Enquête dans le champ des recherches empiriques en sciences sociales en Allemagne entre les années 1880 et 1930. Nous allons voir comment l’Enquête passe d’un instrument de savoir au service de l’État à un dispositif de recherche « privé » dans le cadre des mouvements réformateurs et féministes. Ce faisant, nous déplaçons le regard vers des cercles extra-universitaires qui ont développé un programme indépendant de recherche pour lequel les réflexions méthodologiques sur l’Enquête sont centrales. Pouvant aussi bien recourir à l’étude de cas individuels, l’observation directe, l’entretien, l’analyse de documents officiels et de statistiques, l’Enquête se présente comme une forme hybride de production de connaissance sur la société, entre proximité et prise de distance avec les milieux étudiés. This article reconstructs the history of the reception and appropriation of the category ‘Inquiry’ in empirical social science research in Germany between the 1880s and 1930. We shall show how ‘Inquiry’ moved from a State-operated science to a form of ‘private’ research in certain reformist and feminist movements. In so doing, the focus shifted to a research project outside, and independent of the university, in which methodological reflection on this particular type of investigation was central. Covering individual case studies, direct observation, interviews, and analysis of official documents and statistics, ‘Inquiry’ designated a hybrid mode of production of knowledge of society, between a close and a distanced perspective on the milieus studied.

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Authors & Contributors
Schickore, Jutta
Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy
Julie Zahle
Pretsell, Douglas
Spadafora, Andrew Jeffrey
Gordon, Peter
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
HOPOS
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines
Perspectives on Science
Publishers
University of Nebraska Press
Springer
Routledge
Polity Press
Brill
Princeton University
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
Social sciences
Research methods
Philosophy
Biographies
People
Weber, Max
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William
Peirce, Charles Sanders
Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm
Mitchell, Silas Weir
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
Places
Germany
United States
France
Austria
Great Britain
Institutions
Columbia University
American Museum of Natural History, New York
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