The discipline of sociology has good reason for introspection. Since the 1970’s sociology has seen a decline in student interest and relative research funding, the closing of several departments, increasing fragmentation (over 43 sections of the American Sociological Association, the flagship organization which curiously was originally the American Sociological Society which confers a more fitting acronym for the state of the field).This is the claim Dr. Wagner asserts. What follows is a brief history of how sociology gradually evolved from a bonafide science to a tool of leftist activists. Another casualty of LBJ's Great Society.
Unlike today, when most sociologists set out to conduct studies that will advance their biases and social agendas. They leave out pertinent information, skew results, and in many cases, blatantly falsify results, all for the sake of being right more than understanding the truth.This problem has some historical roots. The first American sociologists were wedded to liberal social reform. This is somewhat misleading, since while they indeed hoped the discipline would be used to ameliorate social problems they conducted their research according to scientific methodology that attempted to objectively assess social reality.
Anyway, this an outstanding piece and deserves a look.
2 comments:
This is a good post LA, I read it and it really does give some great insight into the reasoning behind many of what I concider illogical thought processes comming from the Left today. Unfortunately, it will come as "preaching to the choir" for some, and then fall on deaf ears for the ones it should impact.
But the people that sit on the fence may be persuaded to see the light.
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