Ideology and the Social Sciences
Ideology and the Social Sciences
Description
The extent to which modern social science continues to reflect the subjective traits of authors and the contexts in which they operate, rather than the objective facts or insights they claim to develop, remains one of the most striking features of social science research and writing. Kinloch and Mohan provide a multidisciplinary and worldwide examination of the ties between the subjective traits of social scientists, the contexts in which they affect research, and the kinds of knowledge they produce.
The essays fall into five general topic areas: major theoretical issues, research as ideology, the political context of ideology, major factors in the academic setting, and the relationship between personal biography and professional ideology. This book will be of greatest concern to scholars, students, and researchers involved with the sociology of knowledge, social theory and methods, comparative social science, and social problems.
Table of Contents
Theoretical Issues
Ideology, Myths, and Social Science by Raj P. Mohan and Graham C. Kinloch
Ideology and the Research Process
The Theory of Sociological Thought and the Research Process by Max Koch
Sociological Research on Discontinuous Change by Henk A. Becker
The Political Context of Ideology
Changing Professional Ideologies of Finnish Sociology by Ilkka Pirttila and Jaakko Nuotio
Beneath the Veil of Market Rationality: Cognitive Lumping and Splitting in Narratives of Economic Development by S. Wojciech Sokolowski
The Academic Context of Ideology
The New Theories of Postmodernity and Hypermodernity: Social/Ideological Context and Implications for Inequality by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The Paths of Recognition: Boudon, Bourdieu and the "Second Market" of Intellectuals by Jacques Coenen-Huther
Science Under Siege: Interest Group Politics Confront Scientific Knowledge and Authority by Robert Perrucci and Leon E. Trachtman
Biography and Ideology
Academic Portraits: Autobiography and Scientific Censorship in American Sociology by Loic J. D. Wacquant
Shifting Discourses: Postgraduates' Reflections on Their Theoretical Choices by Patricia Harris
Biography and Professional Ideology: Two Case Studies by Graham C. Kinloch and Marvin P. Dawkins
Selected Bibliography
Indexes
Product details
| Published | 30 Jun 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 216 |
| ISBN | 9780313003707 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Series | Controversies in Science |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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