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Social sciences as sorcery.
- Title
- Social sciences as sorcery.
- Author
- Andreski, Stanislav.
- Publication
- London : Deutsch, 1972.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | H61 .A665 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 238 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Critique of the lack of clear and logical thinking of social sciences writers in western society, with particular reference to the use of obscure or misleading terminology and to the abuse of scientific methodology.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Why foul one's nest? -- The witch doctor's dilemma -- Manipulation through description -- Censorship through mass production -- In the footsteps of Monsieur Pangloss and Dr Bowdler -- The smoke screen of jargon -- The uses of absurdity -- Evasion in the guise of objectivity -- Hiding behind methodology -- Quantification as camouflage -- Promiscuous crypto-conservatism -- Ideology underneath terminology -- Techno-totemism and creeping crypto-totalitarianism -- The law of lighter weights rising to the top -- Gresham's and Parkinson's laws combined -- Ivory towers or bureaucratic treadmills -- The barbarian assault on the corrupted citadels of learning -- Conclusion: ethics and the advancement of knowledge.
- ISBN
- 0233962263
- 9780233962269
- LCCN
- 72196787
- OCLC
- ocm00546368
- 546368
- SCSB-9456926
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library