Critical Sociology: A Dialogue between Two Sciences

The parallels between sociology and industry are examined through an explication of reflexive science as an ideal typical counterpart to positive science, an argument that sociology's distinction lies in rejecting scientific monotheism in favor of a duality of scientific models that portends a...

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Published in:Contemporary sociology (Washington) 1998-01, Vol.27 (1), p.12-20
Main Author: Burawoy, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A Window on the Discipline
Bureaucracy
Ethnography
Ethnomethodology
Feminism
History of Sociology
Methodology (Philosophical)
Observational research
Participant observation
Political revolutions
Positivism
Principles
Reflexivity
Science
Scientists
Social Criticism
Social reflexivity
Social sciences
Social theories
Society
Sociology
Survey research
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Summary:The parallels between sociology and industry are examined through an explication of reflexive science as an ideal typical counterpart to positive science, an argument that sociology's distinction lies in rejecting scientific monotheism in favor of a duality of scientific models that portends a mutually enriching, reciprocal engagement of positive and reflexive science and a demonstration of how the limitations of science expose the limitations of the world.
ISSN:0094-3061
1939-8638
DOI:10.2307/2654699