As my students know, Durkheim, the “father of sociology”, had a great deal to say about religion. Some of it, from my point of view, helpful. Sherkat, a professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, no longer has to worry about arguing for the key role of religion as a social force. As [...]
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As we’ll discuss on Thursday, our totem is the “Gator”. I couldn’t find my “totem” pin to wear this morning. I confess I had a bad feeling about that. I always wear my Gator totem pin on the first day (and last day) of class. What would the Great Gator Goddess think? Oh dear! Gathering [...]
What’s up with reductionism? While reviewing the chapter on Marx in Pals it hit me: it seems to me that few would have any problems with a doctor analyzing your symptoms and finding that the root of the problem is something quite different from your symptoms. So if folks are unhappy with the positions Freud, [...]