Sociology

Miscellaneous General
1

Can someone explain the current state of the sociology field to me (I do understand it is a broad question, i mean the dominant ideas) It seems not much more than leftist heaven for ideas such as ‘consumerism’, ‘walmart is destroying communities’ etc.

Forexample:

Juliet Schor, “ Colossal Failure: The Output Bias of Market Economies”:
Mainstream economic theory claims that a competitive market equilibrium delivers optimal levels of consumption and well-being. The reasoning relies on a number of invalid assumptions, including the crucial premise that individuals’ preference structures are independent. If consumption is social, as considerable social science research shows, then the market delivers excessive levels of consumption, too many hours of work, and too much ecological degradation. (This is in addition to the well-known argument that ecological goods are externalities.) In this talk I discuss the implications of what has become a profound market failure, and how we can rectify it.

2

I would venture to argue that much of the sociological sciences are based on Marxist theories in one form or another, namely exploitation.

3

Ditto. They should call sociology courses “How to Make Assumptions” or “Everything You Don’t Need to Know”.

4

The above quotation sounds like the non sequitur of the dependence effect to me. You’d think they’d have gotten tired of that one by now.