Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences

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ISBN: 1137577908
ISBN 13: 9781137577900
Autor: Spracklen, K
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: vi, 90 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

The social sciences have a legitimacy problem in the modern world. The natural sciences are viewed as ‚proper science‘ by journalists and policy-makers because they discover ‚truths‘, make money, and help governments solve problems. In turn, defenders of the social sciences borrow the language of instrumentality, profit and policy impact. Karl Spracklen, by contrast, makes the moral case for the social sciences, arguing that they are a necessary social good capable of fighting inequality and revealing the workings of hegemonic power.

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Beschreibung

Social sciences are measured, attacked and defended for the money they make, or the ways in which they help governments control citizens. In this book, Karl Spracklen makes the moral case that social sciences are necessary to reveal the truth about power, and to help fight inequality.

Autorenporträt

Karl Spracklen is a Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is an active scholar in leisure studies, sociology and music studies. He was Chair of the Leisure Studies Association, and is the author of over seventy publications, including Whiteness and Leisure (2013), and Digital Leisure (2015).

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