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Welcome to the Real World: Escaping the Sociology of Culture and Cognition
Author(s) -
Vaisey Stephen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12770
Subject(s) - sociology , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , focus (optics) , cognition , work (physics) , sociology of culture , social science , psychology , philosophy , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , neuroscience , optics , engineering
In this article, I argue that the sociology of culture and cognition is a virtual world and that—although it will be painful—we should try to escape it. This will involve engaging in true interdisciplinary work rather than in a pretense of it. To illustrate my argument, I focus on a particular case study—the study of values. I then examine more general (non‐topic‐specific) mechanisms that dissuade sociologists from doing truly interdisciplinary work. I will conclude by outlining some possibilities that I believe we are currently missing.