Transcending objectivism, subjectivism, and the knowledge in-between: the subject in/of ‘strong reflexivity’

• Published in: Review of international studies Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 153 - 175
• Main Author: HAMATI-ATAYA, INANNA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Autobiographies; Autoethnography; Discipline; Empiricism; Epistemology; Ethics; Ethnography; Feminism; Feminist standpoint theory; Intellectuals; International relations; International studies; Knowledge; Objectivity; Ontology; Philosophical subject; Philosophy; Reflexivity; Scholarship; Social reflexivity; Social research; Social sciences; Sociology; Subjectivity; Tradition; Writing processes

This article addresses the problématique of the subject and the subject-object dichotomy from a post-objectivist, reflexivist perspective informed by a ‘strong’ version of reflexivity. It clarifies the rationale and epistemic-ontological requirements of strong reflexivity comparatively, through a di...