sociology

Lot of buzz about a new paper by two sociologists talking about a very significant change in the culture. In brief, they note that advanced societies have largely made a transition from an "honor culture," where honor is earned over time and insults against one's personal or family honor must...

I heard it said that sociology isn't a science because it makes theories that can't be falsified or that sociologists make unscientific claims. I personally don't understand this. Questions like "is drug-addiction more prevalent among certain ethic groups?" or "Are there gender bias in hiring...

I am having a debate with a very Tory friend of mine who is convinced that "humans these days" are "addicted to change for it's own sake". He laments the "cult of progress" and the fact that the "old/traditional is vilified merely for being old and traditional" and that "men are inventing new...

For those of you that don't already know, Science Magazine regularly has a podcast. For this week, they have one concerning research over racism, how we think we will react towards racism versus what we actually do. The abstract to the article is here...

For those of you that don't already know, Science Magazine regularly has a podcast. For this week, they have one concerning research over racism, how we think we will react towards racism versus what we actually do. The abstract to the article is here...

I ran into the following, which looks interesting. I've wondered why there's not been more investigation into conspiracy theory adherents. I figured there had to be something, but I never seemed to run into it. From...

I'm trying to get to the bottom of the current understanding of the cause of domestic violence. The researcher I talked to worked with Dr. Murray Strauss and is under the impression that: *Domestic abusers are distributed pretty evenly among gender, sexual orientation and racial groups *There...

I don’t really know anything about sociology or marketing, but I think this is very interesting. I’ve read two recent articles about how the Anonymous movement against the Church of $cientology with a large number of people acting independently, completely without leaders, to accomplish a...

OK, this one is for the anti-theists such as myself. If you received a magic wand that you could wave to instantly erase religion from the world, would you do it? To further define the effect of the wand, I'm talking of every single present and future human being on this planet having his or her...

If a thread like this has been posted already, I'm sorry. I just had no idea as to what to search for in my search for it. This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately - what makes an event spawn conspiracy theories? Now, granted, I suppoose all events do at some point spawn...

Abstract An informal, ad-hoc analysis of threads on the JREF Forum suggests that the self-described "Truth Movement," consisting of those who promote alternative explanations of the September 11th attacks, is neither growing nor demographically significant. The analysis further suggests that...

Having started to read this book, To Understand and Be Understood. The first page enraged me. It raised issues I found un-palatable especially, the religious undertones that seemed prevalent. It seemed to me, to suggest, that Sociology is religious based? I would like to read your comments...