[lbo-talk] RE: postmodern prince

Michael Dawson -PSU mdawson at pdx.edu
Tue Dec 2 11:37:53 PST 2003


A great deal of social
> theory and research will not be immediately
> accessible to the general population. I don't
> see why this is a problem.
>
> Miles

Agreed, but it's also true that a great deal of what is purpostedly most "sophisticated" in social science is disguised falderal. What have all the various "quantitive" models ever explained? Not much. And then there's C. Wright Mills' brilliant translation of Talcott Parsons back into English -- as true as it was funny.



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