Empirical sociology’s operational methodology is itself ideological
Evidence
By virtue of its methodology, this empiricism is ideological. In order to illustrate its ideological character, let us look at a study of political activity in the United States. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 447
Categorization
- XREF: Direct forerunner of critiques of positivist social science as value-laden — connects to the reader’s critical theory program. — connects to: Operationalism in physics parallels behaviorism in social science — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 132; Sociology attempts an exact positivist science of social facts — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1523; Objectivity is sociology’s most effective reconciliation technique — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4261 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Sociology attempts an exact positivist science of social facts
#expands(0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1523 - Objectivity is sociology’s most effective reconciliation technique
#exemplifies(0.82) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4261 - Methodological self-consciousness frees scholars from inherited ideological frameworks
#contradicts(0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 827 - Empirical testing can resolve ideologically loaded psychological questions
#contradicts(0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 90 - Handing critique off to sociology makes academic division of labor a methodological principle
#expands(0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 701 - Empiricism that excludes man-made context becomes ideology
#corroborates(0.70) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 454