[Moltke]

The graduate seminar will “explore the biographies and narratives of a diverse array of scholar activists, examine the sociopolitical and economic forces shaping their work, and consider what they have achieved and why,” according to the syllabus.

Navel-gazing, tautological nonsense. Sociology as a "science" seems to have run its course. Just abolish it.

[riverdawg]

“Sociology as a “science” seems to have run its course. Just abolish it.”

That's happened at a few colleges and universities. And, in many sociology departments that remain in existence, there is a new generation of faculty who are more conservative than the older, retired (or near retirement-age) generation.