tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post114322036119704245..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: the sociological imaginationjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143514344732647532006-03-27T21:52:00.000-05:002006-03-27T21:52:00.000-05:00I blame it on Demographics.I blame it on <A HREF="http://www.issues.org/13.2/courtw.htm" REL="nofollow">Demographics</A>.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143319799727462122006-03-25T15:49:00.000-05:002006-03-25T15:49:00.000-05:00(Although I should add, now that I think about it,...(Although I should add, now that I think about it, that I pretty much agree with Jeremy and would add that substituting good politics for good social science doesn't do anybody any good, especially when said science enters the public sphere.)Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392485598731995230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143319671751615142006-03-25T15:47:00.000-05:002006-03-25T15:47:00.000-05:00Having now read the article and responses, what de...Having now read the article and responses, what depresses me about the whole thing is how conceptually bankrupt the debate is when it comes to dealing with culture. <BR/><BR/>Sigh. <BR/><BR/>And sociology is a science. Sheesh. Although, I would argue it has a lot more in common with, say, paleontology or geology than with physics, Comte be damned. (Is that heresy?)<BR/><BR/>Besides, it's not the only one where political considerations affect what goes on - nobody gets bent out of shape when bioethicists debate the ramifactions, political or moral, of cloning.Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392485598731995230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143314095401017492006-03-25T14:14:00.000-05:002006-03-25T14:14:00.000-05:00(sarcasm on)Clearly, something can be structural O...(sarcasm on)Clearly, something can be structural OR cultural, but not both. And furthermore, cultural arguments are possible only when they make us proud to be lefties.(sarcasm off)<BR/><BR/>Never forget: We are the world. We are the children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143301706629020942006-03-25T10:48:00.000-05:002006-03-25T10:48:00.000-05:00You WILL shake things up. May it be soon.You WILL shake things up. May it be soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143246648807253362006-03-24T19:30:00.000-05:002006-03-24T19:30:00.000-05:00Clearly the article was never submitted to the Off...Clearly the article was never submitted to the Office of Approved Causes (which is located in the Ministry of Solidarity, if you're looking for it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1143234961339859082006-03-24T16:16:00.000-05:002006-03-24T16:16:00.000-05:00i wonder what the political scientists would say.....i wonder what the political scientists would say...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com