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A philosophical framework holding that knowledge in the social sciences is always from a perspective—that what social scientists discover depends on their theoretical commitments, methodological choices, cultural backgrounds, and social positions. Perspectivism rejects the ideal of a "view from nowhere" in social inquiry, insisting that all social knowledge is situated. A sociologist studying inequality from a Marxist perspective sees different patterns than one from a Weberian perspective; a researcher from a marginalized community asks different questions than an outsider; a historical analysis framed through gender reveals dynamics that class analysis misses. Perspectivism doesn't claim that all perspectives are equally valid, but that validity is always validity-from-a-perspective. It demands that social scientists be explicit about their standpoint, recognizing that the perspective they bring shapes what they can see.
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