Poziv sociologije: prevladavanje vrijednosno dezangažiranog profesionalizma i pristranog aktivizma

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Title (english): The Calling of Sociology: Beyond Value-detached Professionalism and Partisan Activism
• Author: Davorka Matić https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-1511
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Sociology)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract (croatian)

Projekt javne sociologije Michaela Burawoya potaknuo je široku raspravu među sociolozima o zadaćama i karakteru sociologije kao discipline. Iako se većina sudionika u toj raspravi pozitivno odredila spram ideje javno angažirane sociologije, mnogi su izrazili bojazan da Burawoyeva koncepcija javne sociologije vodi politizaciji discipline i sukladno tomu tvrdili da zadaća sociologa nije promoviranje socijalne pravde i specifične političke vizije, nego isključio proizvodnja objektivne, činjenično utemeljene spoznaje o društvu. U radu se iznose argumenti kako protiv Burawoyeve javne sociologije tako i protiv ideje vrijednosnoneutralne znanstvene sociologije, uz naglasak da one nisu adekvatan odgovor na probleme krize identiteta i rastuće javne irelevantnosti sociološke discipline. Sugerira se da je Karl Mannheim ponudio najuvjerljiviji odgovor na pitanje što to znači prakticirati sociologiju i u koje svrhe. U skladu s Mannheimovom argumentacijom, u radu se iznosi teza da pravo pitanje nije trebaju li sociolozi biti predani promoviranju društvene pravde ili akumuliranju objektivnog znanja o društvu nego mogu li oni ponuditi sveobuhvatnu interpretaciju sadašnjosti i osmisliti učinkovite strategije za preobrazbu postojećih obrazaca društva.

Abstract (english)

Michael Burawoy’s project of public sociology provoked major debate within the sociological community about the tasks and nature of the discipline. While most participants in the debate are sympathetic to his call for a more publicly engaged sociology, many criticise him for politicising the discipline and claim that sociologists should not devote their work to promoting social justice or certain political agendas but concentrate instead on building an objective, evidence-based knowledge of society. This article argues that neither Burawoy’s public sociology nor the so-called scientific sociology constitute a proper way to address the problems of sociology’s identity crisis and its growing public irrelevance. It is suggested that Karl Mannheim provided the best answer to the questions of what it means to practice sociology and for what purposes it should be practiced. Following Mannheim’s line of thinking, the article argues that the real issue is not whether sociologists should be committed to promoting social justice or accumulating objective knowledge about society, but whether they can offer a comprehensive interpretation of the current situation and develop effective strategies to transform the existing patterns of society.

• Keywords (croatian): javna nevidljivost sociologije; Burawoy; Mannheim; javna sociologija; uloga vrijednosti; javno angažirana sociologija
• Keywords (english): public invisibility of sociology; Burawoy; Mannheim; public sociology; role of values; publicly engaged sociology
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Revija za sociologiju
• Numbering: vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 177-205
• p-ISSN: 0350-154X
• e-ISSN: 1846-7954
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.47.2.3
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:765462
• Publication: 2017
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/187355
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-05-11 16:23:12