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Mahajan, Gurpreet was born on May 24, 1956 in Shimla, India. Daughter of Jaspal Singh and Rajinder Kaur.
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences
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The book surveys the major forms of inquiry in the social sciences, including hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation, to examine how each method changes our perception of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences since over the last twenty years
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Gurpreet Mahajan, Indian political theorist, educator. Recipient Junior Fulbright award USEFI and East-West Center, Hawaii, 1986, Foreign and Commonwealth Office award British Council and Government, 1988; visiting fellow Maison des Sciences D'Le Homme, Paris, 1995, visiting fellow University Hull, England, 1995. Member International Political Science Association.
Education
Bachelor with honors, Delhi University, 1975. Master of Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 1977. Master of Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 1988.
Career
Assistant professor Dehli University, 1981-1986. Associate professor Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, since 1986. Convenor panel on feminism and democracy International Political Science Association, 1994.
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences (Oxford India Paperbacks)
(Which form of explanation is adequate for the humans scie...)
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences
(The book surveys the major forms of inquiry in the social...)
- Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences by Gurpreet Mahajan (2011-07-01)
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences (Oxford India Paperbacks)
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Member International Political Science Association.
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Indian
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Recipient Junior Fulbright award USEFI and East-West Center, Hawaii, 1986, Foreign and Commonwealth Office award British Council and Government, 1988. Visiting fellow Maison des Sciences D'Le Homme, Paris, 1995, visiting fellow University Hull, England, 1995.Recipient Junior Fulbright award USEFI and East-West Center, Hawaii, 1986, Foreign and Commonwealth Office award British Council and Government, 1988. Visiting fellow Maison des Sciences D'Le Homme, Paris, 1995, visiting fellow University Hull, England, 1995.