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Das "Joch der Methode": Adornos Selbstverständnis als Sozialforscher und sein Beitrag zum Paradigma qualitativer Forschung ; zwei Briefe aus den Anfangstagen des "Princeton Radio Research Project"

"Method's yoke": Adorno's self-conception as a social scientist and his contribution to qualitative research ; two letters from the early days of the "Princeton Radio Research Project"
"El yugo del método": el autoconcepto de Adorno como científico social y su contribución a la investigación cualitativa ; dos cartas de los primeros días del "Proyecto Princeton de Investigación de Radio"
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Jung, Matthias

Abstract

Die Frage, ob und in welcher Hinsicht Adorno als Vorbereiter eines Paradigmas qualitativer Sozialforschung verstanden werden kann, wird diskutiert anhand zweier Briefe Adornos an Paul Lazarsfeld aus dem Jahre 1938, als er in dessen 'Radio Research Project' an der Universität Princeton mitzuarbeiten ... view more

Die Frage, ob und in welcher Hinsicht Adorno als Vorbereiter eines Paradigmas qualitativer Sozialforschung verstanden werden kann, wird diskutiert anhand zweier Briefe Adornos an Paul Lazarsfeld aus dem Jahre 1938, als er in dessen 'Radio Research Project' an der Universität Princeton mitzuarbeiten begann. Adorno musste sich hier erstmals mit empirischer Sozialforschung amerikanischer Prägung ins Verhältnis setzen, wobei er in Ermangelung praktischer Erfahrung auf diesem Gebiet zunächst ganz auf seine Bordmittel als Philosoph und Künstler angewiesen war. In der Korrespondenz mit Lazarsfeld artikulierten sich erstmals Überlegungen, die in Adornos Schriften zur Sozialforschung aus der Nachkriegszeit ihre kanonische Gestalt fanden. Die quantifizierenden Verfahren kritisierend, entwickelte er gleichsam naturwüchsig ein Modell qualitativer Forschung, das aber zugleich bestimmten, auch später nicht überwundenen Restriktionen unterlag, die ihren Grund vor allem in Vorbehalten gegenüber methodisch geregelten Vorgehen überhaupt hatten.... view less


Whether or to what extent Adorno can be regarded as a pioneer of qualitative research is discussed using two of his letters to Paul Lazarsfeld from 1938, when he began participating in the latter's 'Radio Research Project' at Princeton University. In the course of the project Adorno for the first ti... view more

Whether or to what extent Adorno can be regarded as a pioneer of qualitative research is discussed using two of his letters to Paul Lazarsfeld from 1938, when he began participating in the latter's 'Radio Research Project' at Princeton University. In the course of the project Adorno for the first time had to adjust to the dispositions of empirical research in the US. Due to his lack of first hand experience in this field, he had to rely on his skills as a philosopher and artist. In his correspondence with Lazarsfeld, Adorno developed concepts that would later achieve canonical status in his writings on social research after the Second World War. By criticising quantifying methods, he naturally designed a model of qualitative research. The model nevertheless was subject to specific restrictions mainly because of Adorno's sustained reservations regarding methodically regulated approaches in general.... view less

Keywords
Adorno, T.; Lazarsfeld, P.; critical theory; sociology of music; cultural sociology; social research; qualitative method; hermeneutics; method; methodology

Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Research Design

Method
descriptive study; theory application

Free Keywords
Princeton Radio Research Project

Publication Year
2013

Page/Pages
45 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 14 (2013) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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