Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48986#.VJd8ycCAM4 Author(s) Muhammad Faisol Chowdhury Affiliation(s) School of Business, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh . ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to critically discuss the extent of interpretivism to understand the contemporary social world. This paper firstly highlights the roots of interpretivism which can be traced back in the ancient history of philosophy. It then discusses the concept of interpretivism and gives a critical commentary on the Weber’s construction of ideal types to help explore the contemporary social world. The paper then further discusses the concept of “verstehen” and explains how it can...
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