Facts, values, and evaluative explanation: contributions of Leo Strauss to contemporary debates

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The work of social thinker Leo Strauss is discussed in relation to the debate between value-free and value-driven social science. Topics include Leo Strauss in relation to modern social science, Strauss and postmodern sociologies, Straus and modernist sociologies, and Strauss in relation to evaluative explanation.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Values, Values (Philosophy), Facts (Philosophy), Strauss, Leo

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Critical sociologies and ressentiment: The examples of C. Wright Mills and Howard Becker

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The relationship between biography and thought is clarified, identifying the driving force behind the work of C. Wright Mills, and its capacity to be reflective of ressentiment is consolidated. Further, it is also suggested that Howard Becker is driven by negativity, expressing in his studies more contempt than commitment and implicates himself in the social conditions he takes to task.

Social science literature, Mills, Charles Wright, Resentment, Metamorphosis (Literature)

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Whither Tocqueville in American sociology?

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The declining influence of Alexis de Tocqueville's sociological theories on democracy and human freedom on contemporary American sociology works is presented.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Sociology, Sociologists, Influence, Tocqueville, Alexis de, Equality, Liberty, Freedom, Essay

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