Zusammenfassung
Learning goals
Upon completing this chapter, you should be able to accomplish the following:
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Understand that the euphoria surrounding social entrepreneurship marks a severe hindrance for the advancement of knowledge.
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Comprehend that critique represents an affirmative means for extending the knowledge of social entrepreneurship beyond the confines imposed by common sense and ideology.
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Recognize the difference inherent in critical approaches of social entrepreneurship.
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Understand the distinct paradigmatic and theoretical contribution each type of critique makes to the field of social entrepreneurship.
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Acknowledge that the critique of social entrepreneurship is never completed and that retaining the imaginative and radical potential of social entrepreneurship presupposes institutionalising critique as an on-going task.
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Draw from linguistic approaches to get immersed in critically reflecting iconic texts of social entrepreneurship.
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Dey, P., Steyaert, C. (2012). Critical Reflections on Social Entrepreneurship. In: Volkmann, C., Tokarski, K., Ernst, K. (eds) Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-7093-0_13
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