[lbo-talk] high on sociology

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 24 11:04:00 PDT 2004



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Guardian (London) - August 24, 2004
>
>Four days in California
>
>US sociologists are finally challenging the intellectual stranglehold
>of economists
>
>Jonathan Steele in San Francisco
>
>... The profession's centre of gravity is moving left. There is a drive to
>inject ethical standards into the analysis of what most agree is a US
>society becoming increasingly polarised beneath its veneer of shared
>consumerism. ...

Polarized, eh? I guess the great consensus-finder Alan Wolfe wasn't there to set them straight with his "One Nation, After All" insights.

Carl



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