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Tag: subjectivity

  • What is the difference between science and religion?

    Science is empirical, open, evolving and objective, but is religion the opposite?

  • Does the Mainstream Media Influence our Voting Behaviour?

    The Independent recently reported that only 28% of Sun readers voted the way the paper wanted them to.   This is the lead into a brief article about the Sun’s waning influence over it’s readers – as the article points out that the paper ran an anti-Corbyn campaign, which it did, and some of the headlines and…

  • What is the Neoliberal Subject?

    What are the key aspects of the neoliberal subject? Below is a brief summary of some of the key theorizing around and indicators of the successful neoliberal subject, drawn from Verdouw 2016 (1) They are an entrepreneurial, competitive creature, forming a ‘company of one’ (Read 2009) Freedom is defined as the freedom to choose market…

  • Sociology and Value Freedom

    Value Freedom in Social Research refers to the ability of the researcher to keep his or her own values (personal, political and religious) from interfering with the research process. The idea that ‘facts’ should not be influenced by the researcher’s own beliefs is a central aspect of ‘science’ – and so when we say that…