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SOCIOLOGIJA U VREMENU NEVREMENA
SOCIOLOGY IN TROUBLESOME TIMES

Author(s): Ostoja Barašin
Subject(s): Social Philosophy, History and theory of sociology
Published by: Evropski defendologija centar za naučna, politička, ekonomska, socijalna, bezbjednosna, sociološka i kriminološka istraživanja
Keywords: Sociology; functionalism; sociological imagination;

Summary/Abstract: It can be freely said that there are only a few disciplines that have escaped so long the conceptual definition and the subject framework that would be generally accepted. The multiplicity of contents of sociology has led to a state in which almost every schoolbook or book, of different character distinctiveness, has a diverse determining framework of its subject. In all these periods and sociology definition quests, a troublesome seeking process of sociology for its own scientific identity has evolved. Nowadays, many analyses of state and perspective of sociology show visible signs of distrust, insecurity, as well as lack of prospects. This is due to the fact that many, outside this discipline, do not understand sociology seriously and do not attribute a merited significance to it. This problem becomes even more dramatic when one takes into account the fact that these doubts have snuck into the order of sociologists themselves. Ever-growing disbelief in itself harms sociology much more than the disbelief of those who are not in this profession.

  • Issue Year: 22/2019
  • Issue No: 43-44
  • Page Range: 9-27
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian
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