Abstract
This article seeks to gather observations on the epistemological and methodological production developed by Michael Burawoy, a Marxist sociologist and professor at the University of Berkeley. Five moments of analysis are presented, which explore the opposition between the reflexive model of science and positive science, the method of the extended case study, his analysis of the disciplinary field of American sociology, the responses to criticisms extracted from Becker and Lakatos and their understanding of the social structure as opposed to structuralist functionalism.
Keywords:
Epistemology; Reflexive model of science; Extended case method