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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) - argument (complex analysis) , sociology , 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.

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