Revisiting the Issue of Interdisciplinarity and Disciplinary Distinctions in Social Sciences

Koray DeÄŸirmenci
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Koray DeÄŸirmenci: Deparment of Sociology, Erciyes University, Turkey

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies Articles, 2017, vol. 2

Abstract: Interdisciplinarity depicts a theoretical and pedagogical approach and a set of academic practices that has been increasingly more popular and widespread. Being more than a general term describing theoretical, pedagogical and institutional activities, interdisciplinarity has radically altered the conception of disciplinary distinctions and caused various disciplines to redefine their symbolic and methodological boundaries. Moreover, academic communities are on the way of changing their symbolic and institutional territories, very solidly defined at times, upon influence of interdisciplinarity. This article focuses on the concept of interdisciplinarity with respect to the relatively long history of disciplinary distinctions and attempts to critically analyze the various definitions of and problematic points regarding the concept.

Keywords: Interdisciplinarity; Disciplinary Distinctions; Postmodernism; Social Sciences; Methodology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.26417/ejms.v6i1.p45-50

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