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Sociology’s interventions: Engaging the media and politics while remaining a social scientist.
- Source :
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Current Sociology . Mar2014, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p243-252. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Public sociology implies not simply a general orientation to social research but also a methodology that connects the sociologist to a ‘public.’ This is the case, with some provisos, for the method of sociological intervention, invented by Alain Touraine, that I have pursued in studies of racism, anti-Semitism and terrorism, as well as of anti-nuclear and labor movements. The approach has led to complicated relations with the media and with politics. In this article I give a series of examples of such engagement and the dilemmas it creates for the sociologist who wants to maintain a critical distance. Ultimately, the question and the challenge of public sociology boil down to how one can intervene in social life and, at the same time, remain a social scientist. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00113921
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Current Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94655773
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392113515562