Comments for Sociological Imagination

Comment on Paulo Coelho’s The Witch of Portobello by Aart

Aart — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:46:05 +0000

Hello!
I also loved this book! Do you know Paulo is launching this experiment where he is inviting his readers to adapt the book to the screen?
Check it out : http://paulocoelhoblog.com/experimental-witch/
Have a great day
Aart

Comment on Zygmunt Bauman: Theorist of Postmodernity’s Ethical Turn by Maureen Flynn-Burhoe

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:57:52 +0000

What an amazing topic for an ongoing robust conversation! Do you have three sources to feed into such a discussion? What are your own thoughts on this? Fundamentally the dichotomy is situated in the realm of legitimacy of knowledge claims pitting religion (and a loose folksonomy or tag cloud of faith-belief-ideology-subjectivity ???) against science (with a tag cloud of evidence-based facts, research, questions-objectivity-???). Where does “humanism” fit in this conversation? Who decides what is “good” or “bad” for humanity? (the universal values question)? How inclusive is the “we” of a concept such as “humanity”? Is it only a “secular humanism”? How does Bauman’s more recent research (for example into 20th century genocide) refine, develop and/or contradict Comte’s theories historically situated at a time when the complexities of xenophobia, racism, cultural diversities and the shrinking globe were not profoundly acknowledged?

Comment on Zygmunt Bauman: Theorist of Postmodernity’s Ethical Turn by mattia pascal

mattia pascal — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:39:23 +0000

August Comte vs Zygmunt Bauman
The Religion of Humanity vs Analysis of anything that is “believed” via a “sociologizing” process for the good of humanity.