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<p>John Carroll contends that since 1918 sociology has distinguished itself by making society appear as dull as it is at its worst. Using barbaric jargon, legalistic syntax and vacuous statistical tables, and driven by an obsession with the humdrum, it has exhibited some of the worst traits of the culture it should have been laying bare. <i>Sceptical Sociology</i> examines where sociology went wrong, and what ought to be done to transform it into a worthwhile enterprise. </p> <p>In a series of s
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Carroll
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781317651208
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, Social_sciences
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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