I agree that some of the subject content is useful and can teach about our society and human behvior, but why is it taught from a socialist perspective? Are all sociologists’ socialists? And if it is meant to teach socialism then why are we required to take it and why don't they have classes taught from a different perspective?
2006-12-20 04:51:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Rocky, you didn't even answer the question you just put down any other perspective besides socialism
Oob, yes I have attended class and read the book and got a B and yes it does have undertones of preaching socialism.
2006-12-20 05:08:33 · update #1
no because there are societies that are capitalist. take usa, japan, hong kong for example. all capitalist societies.
primitive beings cant understand socialism even if it was taught to them. theyre too selfish.
2006-12-20 04:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Gee, you have uncovered what is not secret in academia. Did you get the defensive attitude of the previous answerer's? Sociologists, all. Of course, sociology has a very hard and to the left political slant. Sociologists are steeped in the " moralistic " fallacy. "Oh, this is so morally good, it needs to be true ", instead of dealing with the world as it is. Who is most guilty of this? The radical left, of course. They are worse than the radical right, because they hold academia and have marginalized both the social science and the humanities departments. I doubt sociology will ever become a science and recover from the strangle-hold of those that are ideologically driven. Find another discipline.
2006-12-20 09:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
well, read a dictionary to find out what sociology is. the subject of sociology doesn't teach socialism, however there have been several sociologist that had socialist tendencies. a good teacher can get the point across without having a political leaning.
2006-12-20 16:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by sicmonkey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sociology is a very broad discipline...socialism is one small part of studying political history from the 'people' viewpoint. Sociology also encompasses things like 'death studies,' 'economics,' ----the study of sociology is the study of anything that humans do or are involved with (can even be inanimate)----take a few more sociology classes, you'll get the point. Oh yeah, and don't form your opinion from the teachings of only ONE professor----more is better in the case of knowledge---the faculty aren't as smart as you think!
2006-12-20 06:26:58 · answer #4 · answered by XOXOXOXO 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I had a bad experience with my first semester in college taking Sociology. I disagreed with the class on my paper, and the Prof., almost ripped it up in my face... So it does have some connotation's of socialistic preference. (from my experience only)
2006-12-20 15:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by gemma 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sociology is definitely not always taught from a socialist perspective, but it certainly can be. many professors and institutions are significantly more slanted toward the left than others.
2006-12-20 12:53:38 · answer #6 · answered by tje 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The study of sociology does cover the ideas of socialism but here is the true meaning of sociology:
sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior.
Guido
2006-12-20 12:14:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Have you been absent from class too often? Have you read the textbook at all? the first term of sociology has to do with various theories like conflict and functionalist theories. they look at the human condition from entirely different aspects. Wake Up!
2006-12-20 05:00:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's not the purpose of sociology, but it is the purpose of most sociologists.
2006-12-21 04:00:32 · answer #9 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh boy, so sociologists still pushing that olde socialism/marxist thingo? i thought they'd all be retired by now-am an ex-sociologist. but back in the uni days, this scottish woman got so fed up with the lefties she quoted - dead set- Hitler! and got away with it! hows that for balls!!!!!!!
2006-12-20 20:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by almostvoid 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! Sociology deals with how people can live together, socialism is a political system.
2006-12-20 06:15:32 · answer #11 · answered by Sinka 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋