Summary Of "What Does Sociology Exist For?" By Bernardo Lahire - UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES - E-book - ePub

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author. WHAT DOES SOCIOLOGY WORK FOR?CHAPTER 2 UTILITY: BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGYThe author classifies his way of doing sociology by listing a series of properties (rational, empirical, experimental and social, critical, dispositional, etc.) that should be general to all sociology, whatever the style. However, those who write on his behalf from the institutions do not always share these properties.
This absence of general criteria hinders the advancement of conceptions and practices that cover the entire discipline, especially considering that it was sometimes used for "unscientific" causes. The confusion that runs through sociologists (their way of doing Sociology as "THE" way), makes it even more difficult to define professional criteria. A social world that values the production of scientific truths requires Sociology the greatest rigor in order to be recognized.
ADMITTING THAT "GOOD" AND "BAD" WAYS OF DOING SOCIOLOGY COEXIST WITHIN DISCIPLINE IS THE BEST WAY TO LOSE COLLECTIVE LEGITIMACY AND SOCIAL UTILITY.