Methodology
Mohammad Shojaeian; Sajad Rostamipoor
Abstract
"Methodology of Political Science" aims to collect, classify, describe and analyze research methods in political science. Dr. Haghighat's book entitled "Methodology of Political Science" has tried to review and critique most of the existing methodologies in the field of political science. The chapters ...
Read More
"Methodology of Political Science" aims to collect, classify, describe and analyze research methods in political science. Dr. Haghighat's book entitled "Methodology of Political Science" has tried to review and critique most of the existing methodologies in the field of political science. The chapters of the book have a good consistency and the esteemed author has adopted a coherent method in reviewing and criticizing the methods. In some cases, paying attention to the indigenous atmosphere of Iranian society has made the contents of the book more useful. Paying attention to the distinction between research method and methodology is one of the highlights of the present study. On the other hand, obscurity in the definition of humanities and politics, lack of a clear criterion for classifying research methods, and ambiguity in methodological pluralism are among the most important shortcomings of the book. The respected author considers the methodology of social and political sciences as part of the philosophy of these sciences. But in the study of methods, the emphasized meaning of methodology has been seriously neglected. There is a conflict between the vagueness and the predicament of the concepts discussed in the book and the claim of uncertainty in the humanities. Pluralism is defended in the field of methodology, but the multiplicity and diversity of meanings of the concepts in political science in general and Iranian society, in particular, is rejected as a crisis and ambiguity.
Methodology
Mohammad Shojaeian; Mohammad Reza Taheri
Abstract
The book Philosophy of Social Sciences by Michael Root mainly supports a perfectionist approach to the social sciences. In the sense that he believes that social scientists should try to present a conception of the good that is common among research actors. Feminist approaches to the social sciences ...
Read More
The book Philosophy of Social Sciences by Michael Root mainly supports a perfectionist approach to the social sciences. In the sense that he believes that social scientists should try to present a conception of the good that is common among research actors. Feminist approaches to the social sciences are examples of this approach. The book also explains the doctrine of neutrality in various areas of social research, which Root believes is the result of the dominance of a liberal approach, and is then rejected. Emphasis on perfectionism in social research and attention to various areas of social sciences is one of the highlights of the book. Failure to provide an explanation of the meaning of the philosophy of social sciences, disregard for developments in contemporary liberalism, in particular, the development of a perfectionist approach to the theory of liberalism and the emphasis on the appropriateness of the idea of neutrality for the state are among the main shortcomings of the book. The existence of a state with valuable moral neutrality challenges the results of perfectionist social research. The issue of objectivity and relativity also needed to be considered, especially for a book that defends the perfectionist approach to the social sciences.
Methodology
Mustafa Hamadani
Abstract
“The Mixed Method Research” written by Dr. Ali Delavar and Dr. Shirin Koshki has been used as a textbook for human and social sciences in the new field of mixed methods. This book contains some drawbacks which are investigated in the current research. This paper having descriptive and analytical ...
Read More
“The Mixed Method Research” written by Dr. Ali Delavar and Dr. Shirin Koshki has been used as a textbook for human and social sciences in the new field of mixed methods. This book contains some drawbacks which are investigated in the current research. This paper having descriptive and analytical method presents several considerations on formal and contextual criticisms as well as structural criticisms. The researcher criticizes this book for such mistakes as (1) wrong book title, (2) weakness in concept extraction of mixed methods, (3) unpleasant book structure and inexpressive section headings, (4) long paragraph, (5) spelling, grammar, and editing mistakes, (6) numerous quotations from other sources without reference, (7) some irrational section headings that are not consistent with the contents, (8) use of ambiguous terms, (9) incorrect graph drawing and numerous problems in their graphic indications, (10) weakness in explaining and proving paradigmatic foundation of mixed methods, and, lastly, (11) introducing the work as authored book while it is translated-authored work.
Methodology
Mostafa Hamedani
Abstract
The book entitled “Theoretical and Practical Principles of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences” written by Ali Delavar has been used for the research method course in the Humanities and Social Sciences majors for many years and has been reprinted many times. The present research ...
Read More
The book entitled “Theoretical and Practical Principles of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences” written by Ali Delavar has been used for the research method course in the Humanities and Social Sciences majors for many years and has been reprinted many times. The present research has criticized this work through a documentary analysis method and relying on the theory of "division" in Aristotelian logic presents the drawbacks of "logical presentation of content" in this book in chaptering and presenting subheadings and developing contents under the titles, each of which may disrupt the process of teacher –like author-audience relationship. This critical analysis has developed a model of the content classification method and its logical structure based on "division logic" which is noteworthy as a theory in developing the logical structure of the texts. In addition to structural review, the present research focuses on the formal and content review of the book, and has provided numerous considerations in the formal and content review of this work.
Persian Language and Literature
. Seyyed Ali Ghasemzadeh
Volume 16, Issue 42 , January 2017, , Pages 177-192
Abstract
Abstract College students have substantial problem in re-reading of classical texts also in discovering of literary and intellectual schools, that is, bibliography, changing in student’s traditional thinking on research in literature and recognizing of basic problems. So, it is necessary to review, ...
Read More
Abstract College students have substantial problem in re-reading of classical texts also in discovering of literary and intellectual schools, that is, bibliography, changing in student’s traditional thinking on research in literature and recognizing of basic problems. So, it is necessary to review, because our texts on it either highlight a restricted section or don’t have a strategy. So, our inquiry analyzing based on Mansūr Thirvat’s bibliography & research method some offers; Conclusions classify the problems in turn: first, theoretical methodology basically on bibliography and literary history, to be late on methodology and priority on bibliography, the lack of structure in literary researches; second, extremity and its function, the lack of update texts, research method and its challenge; third, form, language and meaning that have errors.
