“Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals.” Has BeensIndividualStudyPsychologyDisciplineAcademicSociologySociologists Author:Richard Wall
“The great shift... is the movement away from the value-laden languages of... the "humanities," and toward the ostensibly value-neutral languages of the "sciences." This attempt to escape from, or to deny, valuation is... especially important in psychology... and the so-called social sciences. Indeed, one could go so far as to say that the specialized languages of these disciplines serve virtually no other purpose than to conceal valuation behind an ostensibly scientific and therefore nonvaluational semantic screen.” ImportantPurposeValuesHumanityLanguageSocialBehindsPsychologyMovementDisciplineDenyScreensSocial ScienceValuation Author:Thomas Szasz
“Education is not a discipline at all. Half vocational, half emptiness dressed up in garments borrowed from philosophy, psychology, literature.” PhilosophyLiteratureEducationHalfPsychologyDisciplineEmptinessGarmentsBorrowedDressed Up Author:Edward Blishen
“In anthropology, which historically exists to 'give voice' to others, there is no greater taboo than self-revelation. The impetus of our discipline, with its roots in Western fantasies about barbaric others, has been to focus primarily on 'cultural' rather than 'individual' realities. The irony is that anthropology has always been rooted in an 'I' - understood as having a complex psychology and history - observing a 'we' that, until recently, was viewed as plural, ahistorical, and nonindividuated.” GivingHas BeensSelfRealityIndividualVoiceFantasyPsychologyGreaterFocusDisciplineUnderstoodRootsComplexesWesternIronyRevelationsRootedObservingTabooAnthropologyBarbaricImpetusSelf Revelation Book:The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart Source: The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart