Questions tagged [sociology]
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Carl Polanyi's fictitious commodities
I really don't understand his concept of fictitious commodities. For example housing. Why is housing, according to Polanyi, a fictitious commodity? Why is it bad to have a housing market according to ...
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Is it rational to try avoiding being a free-rider?
Me (A) and my friend (B) often have debates on various topics that go like this:
A does an action that has a negligible effect by itself but ultimately contributes to a common good.
B: If what you do ...
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How can Weber's approach be compatible with evolutionism?
Weber's epistemology is synthesized in one paragraph in Economy and Society (1921):
Sociology (in the sense in which this-highly ambiguous word is used here) is a science concerning itself with the ...
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is there a civic and/or moral duty or obligation for one to be an 'active citizen in a democracy'? [closed]
reading a post on daily nous the other day, i saw the comment by columbia college chicago professor s. asma that
students cannot just learn about game design and digital editing, and not learn about ...
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Can/Have there be(en) bullshit or non-sensical philosophical schools or traditions established in academia? [closed]
Taking 'bullshit' as by H. G. Frankfurt, of course. The question is essentially about professionalization and institutionalization in academic philosophy:
Is there any example of a philosophical ...
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The Nature and Durability of Bonds Formed in Constrained Environments: A Philosophical Inquiry
I've been reflecting on the nature of friendships that form in environments where individuals are brought together by circumstances beyond their usual choosing, such as addiction rehabilitation ...
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What explains the observation that grocery store check-out lines are oscillatory? [closed]
I have been spending some time sitting in a shopping center, and I have noticed a weird pattern. There is always one cash register open. When one person arrives at the cash register, many others ...
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Name for phenomenon where individual members disagree with their own collective action
I was thinking about a phenomenon related to groupthink lately that I often observe. Frequently, social groups seem to collectively act or trend in ways the individual members consciously disagree ...
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How do we know we are all not 'crazy'? Is number and context the only thing that defines our indication/sense of 'normalcy'?
I stumble upon this question after reading this Wikipedia article, which I find very intriguing: The laughter epidemic began on days averaging around 7 days.
After reading that article I went through ...
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Is it true that a technological society has to weaken family ties and local communities if it is to function efficiently?
From The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski:
The breakdown of traditional values to some extent implies the breakdown of the bonds that hold together traditional small-scale social groups. The ...
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According to the theory of structural functionalism, what causes social disequilibrium?
I understand that the basic premise of structural functionalism is that social institutions serve the function of maintaining social stability and promoting social solidarity, but I don't understand ...
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Is social constructionism a falsifiable theory of human nature?
According to Karl Popper, a theory must be falsifiable to be a scientific theory.
How would a social scientist falsify the theory of social constructionism? I understand that there are many individual ...
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Regarding classifications of elites
There seem to be two types of elite in general society. There is the elite whose privileges and responsibilities are roughly proportional (such as doctors), and then there are elites whose privileges ...
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Must people be employed to have dignity and self-worth?
I have heard all my life about how people would not have self-worth without being employed, and they would become depressed or just do unhealthy things. I read a Sci-fi story about AI where ultimately,...
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Exploring Gender Equality: Navigating the Paradox of Differences and Sameness
how to prove objectively that despite physical, anatomical,physiological and psychological differences between men and women that everything should be the same , there must be gender equality between ...
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