Post AP6fGfBi4ElWqvwilk by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AP6fGfBi4ElWqvwilk by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T14:56:23Z
       
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       I write about things, like the sociology of suicidehttps://sethabrutyn.com/
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6fGfiK6yqyU5ClbU by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T14:57:34Z
       
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       I also write about the affect, emotions, and sociologyhttps://sethabrutyn.com/2020/03/26/panic-or-the-pain-of-social-distance/
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6fGg64gfqtfkJjcm by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T14:58:34Z
       
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       And, I also write about the pedagogical pitfalls surrounding sociological theory and, more generally, the state of sociological theoryhttps://sethabrutyn.com/2019/09/20/the-pedagogical-dead-end-known-as-classical-sociological-theory/
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6fGgUBF38OsVazCK by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T22:15:55Z
       
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       @seth_abrutyn Here's a question which seems obvious to me.You say you want to teach theory divorced from the specific circumstances which brought forth the insights of the theorists, because theory, if valid at all, ought to be universally so, across all times, social forms, and so on.But why?Even in the quantitative physical sciences, where universality is much easier to achieve, theories of limited scope of application are very much in use, and very useful.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6fGiZDVILrKhy2KG by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T15:00:28Z
       
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       I am in between homes, with twitter still pulling at the heart strings while my wanderlust appeals to my thoughts.#sociology #socialscience
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6gprKwzOhWcccBn6 by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T22:33:31Z
       
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       @publius there is plenty of room for contextually specific theory. I’m not opposed to it. But an entire class that is really the “history” of sociology masquerading as sociological theory should either call itself that or do something diff. In my experience undergrad and grad students like the approach bc most aren’t theorists and don’t want to be. They just want to know why durkheim matters to their own research or experience. That’s it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6k3ZnRIieo8bAmFU by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T23:09:36Z
       
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       @seth_abrutyn I guess my question is, what is your theoretical apparatus meant to achieve?I'm accustomed to thinking of theory as a means of unifying empirical observations ― as Einstein unified the photoelectric effect with the null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment, and Newton unified the motion of falling objects with Kepler's Laws of planetary motion.But I get the impression that sociological theory is somewhat the other way around, more about providing a conceptual framework.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP6mdvDNLTAitmlMKe by seth_abrutyn@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-10-30T23:38:36Z
       
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       @publius the question sociologists haven’t answered yet is whether it is to be like physics or biology. The latter is more likely. An overarching theoretical framework (evolution) with some formal theorizing (genetics). But these are still open questions.