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The universities,the social sciences,and liberal democracy
Authors:Edward Shils
Affiliation:(1) Present address: Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, 60637 Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract:This paper shows how a number of the social sciences — sociology, economics, and anthropology in particular — came to have their modern form in the universities of the West. It argues that although their beginnings were salutary, their present state leaves much to be desired. In particular, far from supporting a democratic order, they are just as likely to undermine it. Sociology, for example, has abandoned its claim to truth and is given over to an insidious relativism. It undermines democratic values and gives the young little reason to believe that it is a discipline that can contribute anything to the betterment of society. There is, perhaps, some hope that the university, with its commitment to truth and to freedom of thought, will ultimately transform such wayward disciplines into something worth having.
Keywords:university  social sciences  democracy  liberal thought  sociology  anthropology  history  philosophy
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