Une science sociale critique peut-elle être utile ?
In recent decades, critical social science has been enclosed in an alternative which is sometimes enunciated as critical sociology vs sociology of critique, thus referring on the one hand to a Marxist perspective aiming at unveiling what domination masks and, on the other hand, to a pragmatist appro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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ENS Éditions
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Tracés |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/traces/4465 |
| Summary: | In recent decades, critical social science has been enclosed in an alternative which is sometimes enunciated as critical sociology vs sociology of critique, thus referring on the one hand to a Marxist perspective aiming at unveiling what domination masks and, on the other hand, to a pragmatist approach considering conversely the actors’ view as relevant. Taking the metaphor of the cavern as an analytic tool, this article argues that the social scientist is neither outside in a haughty radicalism or inside at the risk of complacent understanding, but on the threshold, where he or she has to move in and out. Based on a case-study about humanitarianism in the Israel-Palestine conflict, a proposition is made of a critical reflection both respectful of the social intelligence of the agents and demanding in terms of the intellectual freedom of the researcher. |
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| ISSN: | 1763-0061 1963-1812 |