Till kritiken av den kvalitativa metoden

Authors

  • Margareta Bertilsson Köpenhamns Universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37062/sf.32.18600

Abstract

Towards a critique of the "qualitative method"

This article is based on a plenary speech (Sw. Sociological Association) in which several critical remarks were directed against the frequent and popular use of ’qualitative methods’ in contemporary sociology. The various types of remarks were: (1) Is the qualitative method anti-positivistic (2) Does it draw upon a different form of rationality than the quantitative method (3) Is the qualitative method more suitable for women than for men, and finally (4) Is the qualitative method ”deconstructivist” and/or ”postmodern”? The article ends with a critical discussion of which the possible consequences may be for the sociological discipline as such, when the qualitative method (or for that matter, women) come to dominate.

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Published

1995-10-01

How to Cite

Bertilsson, Margareta. 1995. “Till Kritiken Av Den Kvalitativa Metoden”. Sociologisk Forskning 32 (4):18-31. https://doi.org/10.37062/sf.32.18600.

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 4 (1995): Tema: Metodologi och självreflektion

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