"Qualitative" Methods of Social Research in France: Reconstructing the Actor, Deconstructing the Subject

Authors

  • Johannes Angermüller Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-6.3.8

Keywords:

qualitative sociology, interpretive and hermeneutic methods, ethnography, discourse analysis, linguistics, Foucault, Lacan, Althusser, pragmatics, France

Abstract

This contribution gives an overview of the numerous tendencies of open non-standardised social research in France. For various reasons, the label "qualitative" seems to be less distinctive than in the Anglo-Saxon world and Germany. While the interpretive-hermeneutic (verstehend) ap­proa­ches have recently come to play a certain role as a result of international reception, a strong tradition that does not fit into the quantitative-qual­itative divide has to be noted: discourse analysis which I will label "quasi-qualitative". A comparison between the interpretive-hermeneutic tendencies of qual­itative sociology and the semiologically informed strands of discourse analysis reveals fundamental differences as well as points of convergence. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503194

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Author Biography

Johannes Angermüller, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Johannes ANGERMÜLLER is Assistant Professor ("Assistant") at the Department of Sociology at the University of Magdeburg. In 2003, he obtained a doctorate from the Universities of Magdeburg and Paris 12 (Val-de-Marne, Créteil) with a dissertation on French intellectual discourse in post-war France. His fields of research include theories, methods and methodologies in discourse analysis, social and political theory, transnational public spheres and media discourses in Europe.

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Published

2005-09-30

How to Cite

Angermüller, J. (2005). "Qualitative" Methods of Social Research in France: Reconstructing the Actor, Deconstructing the Subject. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-6.3.8

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2005): The State of the Art of Qualitative Research in Europe

Section

National Overviews: Qualitative Methods in Various European Countries in Comparison to the U.S.

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Copyright (c) 2005 Johannes Angermüller

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