Intellectuals must admit ideology rather than claim value-free science

Evidence

Despite having written essays on the “end of ideology,” they unabashedly admitted the inter- connection between ideology and science and made a case—a remarkably successful case, as it turned out—for their own way of viewing the world and proceeding within it. The task for those who believe that current versions of cultural studies corrupt or compromise democratic practice is not to retreat into value-free objectivist science but to unearth, make explicit, and critique the moral and political commitments in their own contingent work. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 435

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 435
• XREF: connects to: Intellectuals oscillate between neutral discoverer and credentialed priest — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 408; Objectivist truth served as philosophy’s safeguard against the intoxication of power — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2943; Philosophy divides into scientific questions and extrarational commitments — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2852 (+18 more)

Broader Connections

• The truth of ideas is independent of their social origins #contradicts (0.88) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 210
• Intellectual originality can be a product of marginal social position #complicates (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 10
• Philosophy divides into scientific questions and extrarational commitments #complicates (0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2852
• Objectivist truth served as philosophy’s safeguard against the intoxication of power #complicates (0.70) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2943
• Plato sacrificed intellectual honesty to promote socially edifying philosophical conclusions #exemplifies (0.70) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 403
• Marxism is not economic reductionism and requires attending to ideas in their own terms #expands (0.60)