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Kahn, Peter H., Jr. – 1993
Cultural context is not the sole source of human knowledge. Postmodern theory, in both its deconstructionist and affirmative approaches, offers an incomplete basis by which to study race, class, and gender, and undermines ethical interaction. Deconstructionism calls for the abandonment of generalizable research findings, asserting that the concept…
Descriptors: Criticism, Cultural Pluralism, Epistemology, Ethics