Value Freedom
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- Value Freedom
- Early Socilologists
- Comte and Durkheim - They regarded sociology as a science
- Durkheim
- "Facts can be/should be separated from values"
- Positivism - this is linked to:
- Ontology - Study of Nature
- Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- VALUE FREEDOM NEEDS TO BE OBJECTIVE AND IMPARTIAL
- Recent Years
- OBJECTIVE Nature of Social Research
- Right-Winged Sociologists
- They Saw Value Freedom was open to doubt but saw no conflict between and pursuit to a "GOOD SOCIETY"
- To find the true principles of a good, ordered and integrated society
- This would help uncover scientific facts and not let the sociologists interpretation impose his view on society
- They Saw Value Freedom was open to doubt but saw no conflict between and pursuit to a "GOOD SOCIETY"
- Max Weber
- "The Sociologist should separate his role as a sociologist form his other roles. sociology should be used a a mean of expressing personal preference"
- Popper
- Objectivity is achieved not at the level of the individual scientist, the scientist is not deprived of their human roles
- MARXIST APPROACH
- Political Struggle of the Capitalist Society
- Working Class only see the TRUE nature of Social Oraginisation
- Ideological Hegemony
- The Positivist Approach cannot be applied to social life - truth is not obtained through impartiality
- Societies organisation is concealed to SERVE the interests of the R/C
- Conservatism in Disguise
- Interpretivists
- No such thing as Objective Truth
- Social Reality and Knowledge are Subjectively Constructed
- Soft Relativism
- Sociology is inevitably POLITICAL not Scientific
- A Sociologist takes sides
- Choice of Topic
- Personal view influence
- Choice of Method
- Theoretical Method
- During Research
- 50/50 - both researcher and interviewee need to understand eachother
- Publication
- Hard Relativism
- GOMM
- Value Free is unsociological
- Sociologists react to political, economic and social issues/ problems
- Political group in charge has the power that shapes reality and choose what is "Worthy Research"
- It's a Political Nature not Scientific
- "When a sociologist attempts to divorce himself from his own values to become a "professional sociologist" he is adopting a new set of values not becoming value free"
- GOULDNER
- ANTI-MINOTAUR: Myth of Value Free Sociology (1973)
- Minotaur - Greek myth creature "head of a bull, body of a man"
- We cannot disapprove the existence of Minotaur - a belief is not untrue or absurd - Value Freedom ignores experience
- Its impossible to be free from various forms of value judgement in the social sciences
- Dehumanised Sociologists - they have betrayed themselves (Sociology) to gain social and academic respectability
- ANTI-MINOTAUR: Myth of Value Free Sociology (1973)
- Howard Becker
- "Who's Side are We On?"
- All knowledge is political, serving some interests at expense of others - sociologists choose ideas which interests them
- "Who's Side are We On?"
- GOMM
- FEMINIST APPROACH
- Value Free scientific claims of malestream sociology
- "This serves the ideological justification for the subordination of women" - Oakley (1974)
- "Reduces women as a side issue from the start" - invisibility of women is a male structured view rather than a superficial flaw
- Sociology puts forward a detached and impartial view of reality - presents the perspective of men
- Radical Fem. - to carry out more studies on women need to create a sociology for women by women
- Disadvantage - Studies will be done by women on women (biased ideas)
- This will not only be about women - it will confront and challenge male supremacy - This "institutionalizes women's inequality"
- Women a oppressed and their oppression is primary
- Early Socilologists
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