[lbo-talk] Digestimundo vavavoom(Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17)

Autoplectic autoplectic at gmail.com
Sat Jun 4 22:29:00 PDT 2005


On 6/4/05, Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:


> That's exactly what makes my skin crawl about the social "sciences," in
> whose company I spent many unhappy moments in college. I think using the
> model of science for studying humanity has had a pernicious effect on
> people's understanding of themselves and others. This notion of being a
> "social scientist" is just a distancing mechanism to put the observer in a
> detached -- and elevated -- position respective to other individuals. Is
> there any wonder there is no little capacity for empathy left in this
> society when this demented POV infects so much of daily living?
>
> Carl

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