Critical reflections on Laughlin's middle range research approach: Language not mysterious?

Glen Lehman

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2013, vol. 24, issue 3, 211-224

Abstract: Professor Richard Laughlin is renowned for applying critical insights from the German philosopher, Jurgen Habermas. His middle range research approach has explored many accounting problems such as public–private partnerships, health care reforms and how accounting impacts cultural issues. Laughlin's work re-conceptualises accountability in terms of cultural analysis, language and systems theory. Users of his work may encounter issues associated with: (1) understanding how to judge assertoric statements concerning various truth claims; (2) exploring the dichotomy between the secular and sacred; and (3) examining whether language simply designates meaning or opens us to interpretive new pathways.

Keywords: Redevabilité, Responsabilité; Critique; Intérêt public; Rendición de cuentas; Crítica; Interés Público; Accountability; Critical; Public Interest; Discourse theory; Hermeneutics; Habermas; Charles Taylor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2012.07.003

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