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Preferred term
dialectic in the social sciences
Definition
- This entry introduces the notion of dialectic and its use in social science, tracing its history with special emphasis on Marx's thought and the Marxist tradition, where the notion loomed large, and concludes by mentioning contemporary developments. Historical Antecedents Dialectic is a term from ancient Greek philosophy, denoting a style of argument used by Socrates in the works of Plato (and further specified by him as a certain methodological procedure for discovering definitions, as demonstrated in some of his later dialogues, e.g., The Statesman). [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Dialectic, in the Social Sciences]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/dialectic_in_the_social_sciences
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