The state of the discipline: Australian sociology and its future

Autor:	Fran Collyer, Leah Williams Veazey
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	050402 sociology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences General Medicine History of sociology 0506 political science Epistemology 0504 sociology State (polity) Reflexivity Sociology of knowledge 050602 political science & public administration Sociology media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Sociology. 59:251-270
ISSN:	1741-2978 1440-7833
DOI:	10.1177/14407833211041402
Popis:	Debates about the state of Australian sociology have raged for as long as sociology has existed in Australia. Concerns about the discipline’s future may be inevitable for a critical, reflexive discipline, but to those entering the discipline, it is neither instructive nor productive to be subjected to lingering disciplinary anxieties. After more than fifty years, it is time to take stock of the differing visions of sociology, and examine the arguments about the health, or otherwise, of Australian sociology. To advance this debate, we consider the signs and benchmarks of a ‘successful’ sociology as expressed in The Australian Sociological Association magazine, NEXUS, and key writings from Australian sociologists. We suggest that much of the disagreement over the status of sociology derives from the way ‘disciplines’ and ‘success’ are defined. Regarding sociology to be an heterogeneous, multi-modal, social institution and practice, we propose a way forward in our efforts to represent ourselves.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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