Before revision: The politics of engagement Engaged theory research is in the world and of the world, whereby a theory somehow affects what occurs in the world, but engaged theory does not always include itself into a theory about the constitution of ideas and practices, which the sociologist Anthony Giddens identifies as a double hermeneutic movement.Anthony Giddens (1987), Social Theory and Modern Sociology, Cambridge, Polity Press.
After revision: Politics of engagement Engaged theory research is in the world and of the world, whereby a theory somehow affects what occurs in the world, but engaged theory does not always include itself into a theory about the constitution of ideas and practices, which the sociologist Anthony Giddens identifies as a double hermeneutic movement.Anthony Giddens (1987), Social Theory and Modern Sociology, Cambridge, Polity Press.