“I have a running list of disciplines and the things they have ruined for me. Biology ruined zoos, law ruined logic, economics ruined hope etc. Recently, I’ve been making a foray into sociology, which so far seems to be ruining things in social contexts. Which is basically everything. The problem, or perhaps solution, with sociology is that it’s annoyingly right. ‘Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture of everyday life.’ It can explain what the forces are behind legal systems that are theoretically racially blind but in practice are biased …” (more)
[Nicola Searle, The IPKat, 7 April]
First posted 2019-04-08 06:17:36
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