What Is Theory? Cultural Theory as Discourse and Dialogue

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Theoretical Discourse in the Cultural and Social Sciences: Definition The cultural character of Theory .........19 The Linguistic and Ideological Determinants of Theories : Theory as Sociolect and Discourse ...........31 Theory, Science, institution and the Strong programme.............47 Value-Free, Falsifiable theory? The relationship between Value-freedom, intersubjectivity and refutability ...........60 Paradigms in the cultural and Social sciences..........72 2. The unity of Opposites: Prolegomena to a Dialogical Theory ............85 Between universalism and particularism : Popper and lyotard ........88 Intersubjectivity and perspective: Davidson and mannheim ..........99 Realism and constructivism : Lukac`s and glasersfeld ..............110 System and field : Luhmann and Bourdieu........122 Intersubjectivity and power structures: Habermas and foucault ........136 3. Dialogical theory: A meta-theory of Scientific Communication ..............151 Critical Theory as Dialogue: Ambivalence and Dialectics, Non-Identity and Alterity ......................156 Subjectivity, Reflection and the Construction of Objects in Discourse ........164 Interdiscursive dialogue: Theory ..........177 Interdiscursive dialogue: Practice .....191 Communication in a Fragmented society : Pluralism, indifference and Ideology .............204