From: "John C. Fries" <jcf3c@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
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Subject: Re: questions
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Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:00:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Matthew,

The question really comes down to the grounds on which 
people reject a particular approach.  Similarly, if your 
profs are espousing some kind of let's make the world a 
socialist state sort of interest based sociology, then they 
have no ground on which to accuse anyone of espousing 
ideology rather than social science.  However, if they are 
simply arguing a more materialist sort of perspective, 
without getting into the "how things should be" stuff, well 
then they are right, and probably should discourage 
students from mixing their profession with their personal 
beliefs.

John


On Fri 09 May 1997 16:03 ET "M.HOOVER" 
<67910167%TAONODE@VMCMS.CSUOHIO.EDU> wrote:


> To fellow Grad Students:
> 
> I was wondering if there was a way to find out how many people
> are signed onto this listserv?  Every couple of days a new bio
> appears, but there are only a few messages posted every day.
> I don't know if people are leaving the list or if people don't have
> the time to post anything,
> 
> Secondly, I've lost most of the earlier bio's that were sent to this
> list.  Is there anyone who is keeping track of these earlier bio's?
> If not, I don't think anyone would mind if people would like to
> "reintroduce" themselves.
> 
> And finally, a question about sociology.  Here at CSU we have two
> or three professors who are heavily into the "Marxist/conflict"
> tradition of sociology.  I don't have a problem with that, but there
> is a feeling among some of the students here that it might hurt your
> grades if you disagree with this way of thinking.  We have one
> professor who believes that any criticism of Marx is a product of
> "ideology".  Does anyone else out there feel this pressure to
> conform to a particular way of thinking?
> 
> To Danielle and Liz:
> 
> I haven't read that book, and it is checked out of our library.  I
> have ordered it through ILL and will read it when it comes in.
> 
> P.S. Lisa D., would you post something already!
> 
> Thanks,
> Matthew Hoover
> m.hoover@csuohio.edu

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|John C. Fries                |
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|University of Virginia       |
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