I am usually a lurker and I feel that sometimes I am hesitant to make a post for "fear of retaliation" as well. But is usually the fear of being accused as a "teacher/preacher".
I am curious about the Puritan roots of the sociological imagination. I am not too proud to admit that I have no idea what you are talking about. It seems to me that the sociological imagination allows us to see how structural forces potentially shape the experiences of individuals. I really am interested to hear what the Puritan roots are and how this shapes the meaning of the term. Kelly "I sometimes use lectures in my courses" Fulton Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin At 09:37 AM 4/28/2006, you wrote: >My comments may be true of our educational system in general that could >be badly broken. Yet sociology may be in a unique position. >1. Why strive for knowledge of reality if this knowledge cannot serve us >in life?" (Durkheim, Rules Of the Sociological Method 1964 p48). >2. K. Boulding, B. Chisholm, Slater, and a host of others claim that >sociology as an organic (non mechanical) anti entropic science will >forestall extinction of our species. > >Over the last ten years this list has become more and more sanitized. >There is a loss of grit....candor .... and humor. There is apparently >little or no concern over the wide use of untested instructional >materials..... In fact there is high level of support for >teacher/preacher faith >based instruction. In addition, members of the list appear to be unable >or unwilling to >1. identify elitist content >2. sociological break throughs or cutting edge sociology >3. contributions made to "society" by sociology >4. the Puritan roots of sociological imagination > >Those are a few. > >We talk about service learning projects as if they make a difference >(for the better) that can be evaluated. I recall listening >to a report of a service program run by a sociology program that had >white teens show black middle school students how >to act white. No one in the audience of sociologists raised any >objection to this obscenity. > >Having said this I recognize based on private email that many on the >list can not post "unsanitized" statements for fear of retaliation. > >But then the blooms on our campuses are breath taking. > > >Del > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
