Self and Subjectivity in Social Research

This is a book that thinks about what it means to be human and what this could mean for social research.&nbsp; Addressing ontological shifts across the social sciences, the book reconsiders the nature of self, experience and social reality and their implications for doing research differently. It delves into wide-ranging topics from the self in crisis, through the self and the nature of language, to ethics and the self.&nbsp; The book also: <ul> <li>Helps you understand epistemology and ontology in practice with case studies of real world research;</li> <li>Critiques dominant approaches and examines global perspectives and contexts that challenge them;</li> <li>Explores the potential of interdisciplinary approaches to resolve tensions in social research;</li> <li>Discusses how ontology can shape research practice, policy development and social support systems.</li> </ul> This book will help&nbsp;postgraduate&nbsp;students, academics, researchers and teachers embrace new ways&nbsp;of&nbsp;thinking about self and subjectivity.

Thomas, Donna Maria

Durston, Sarah

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Sage Publications Ltd.

This is a book that thinks about what it means to be human and what this could mean for social research.&nbsp; Addressing ontological shifts across the social sciences, the book reconsiders the nature of self, experience and social reality and their implications for doing research differently. It delves into wide-ranging topics from the self in crisis, through the self and the nature of language, to ethics and the self.&nbsp; The book also: <ul> <li>Helps you understand epistemology and ontology in practice with case studies of real world research;</li> <li>Critiques dominant approaches and examines global perspectives and contexts that challenge them;</li> <li>Explores the potential of interdisciplinary approaches to resolve tensions in social research;</li> <li>Discusses how ontology can shape research practice, policy development and social support systems.</li> </ul> This book will help&nbsp;postgraduate&nbsp;students, academics, researchers and teachers embrace new ways&nbsp;of&nbsp;thinking about self and subjectivity. Donna M. Thomasis a Research Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire and Co-director of ICreateS International Research Unit & Research.Sarah Durstonis head of the Sentience and Science Foundation, the Netherlands, honorary professor at UCLan and co-director of the ICreateS research unit, and professor in developmental neuroscience at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Historically, children's inexplicable experiences - from telepathy and conversing with deceased relatives to out-of-body- or near-death experiences, and more - have been theorised through traditional scientific lenses that may not have the explanatory power to account for such experiences. In Children's Unexplained Experiences in a Post ef nmMaterialist World, Donna Thomas shares research that she and other scholars, past and pre `sent, have conducted with children and young people across the world. By placing children's unexplained experiences and views about reality in the contexts of culture, consciousness and the nature of self, this book offers a middleway for explaining these childhood experiences within post-materialist science and philosophy. Thomas suggests that children's experiences could greatly contribute to a new paradigm for understanding the mystery of being human and the nature of reality.

Children's Unexplained Experiences in a Post Materialist World: What Children Can Teach Us about the Mystery of Being Human

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Self and Subjectivity in Social Research

Self and Subjectivity in Social Research

Children's Unexplained Experiences in a Post Materialist World: What Children Can Teach Us about the Mystery of Being Human