RT @sociologyknow: Political vs. academic relevance? New paper argues that the more US sociology seeks to become politically relevant, the…
Very interesting article on the conflict between activist-sociology and scientific-sociology; is there a similar conflict in political science?
Political vs. academic relevance? New paper argues that the more US sociology seeks to become politically relevant, the more irrelevant will it become to solving societal problems. Discuss. https://t.co/sVYYnMHsMV https://t.co/ye7Q0sxBGB
RT @akadsoz: Sociological divide: '#Sociology moves forward to become an activist, ideologically-oriented discipline. The outcome is a los…
Turner is overwhelmed by solving the problems of sociology and of society. But we are all overwhelmed.
I don't really get the point: Trying to change society is not "scientific" but "solving other people's organizational problems" is? Isn't both essentially the same?
RT @akadsoz: Sociological divide: '#Sociology moves forward to become an activist, ideologically-oriented discipline. The outcome is a los…
RT @akadsoz: Sociological divide: '#Sociology moves forward to become an activist, ideologically-oriented discipline. The outcome is a los…
Sociological divide: '#Sociology moves forward to become an activist, ideologically-oriented discipline. The outcome is a loss of respect inside academia & of relevance among publics not sharing American sociology’s political biases.' A J Turner paper
Interesting! Though I agree with many of the proposed solutions, I'm not convinced of the diagnosis of the problem (i.e activism). I also think there's a good case to be made for the usefulness of scientific rigor in activist-motivated research--they aren'
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @RealJonBrauer: "Even more damaging to sociology will be a loss of respect inside academia and a loss of relevance among publics not sha…
"Even more damaging to sociology will be a loss of respect inside academia and a loss of relevance among publics not sharing American sociology’s political biases." December 2019? Maybe the manuscript has been under review for the past couple decades and
RT @TheoryOfContest: Sounds like we have heard that before in political science a few decades ago. Resulted in something akin to crypto-rat…
Sounds like we have heard that before in political science a few decades ago. Resulted in something akin to crypto-rationalism that lost touch with socio-cultural contingencies and critical reflection of access to political agency. Hm. Do you really want t
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @JukkaSavo: A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
A critical analysis of the activist turn in American Sociology. 👏👏👏 h/t @dooliocon https://t.co/uCSzRH2V1e
RT @azelin: The More American Sociology Seeks to Become a Politically-Relevant Discipline, the More Irrelevant it Becomes to Solving Societ…
The More American Sociology Seeks to Become a Politically-Relevant Discipline, the More Irrelevant it Becomes to Solving Societal Problems - Jonathan H. Turner, The American Sociologist: https://t.co/XCJL4QUWyf