Abstract
The debate over the purpose of sociological research has historically been one between Marx and Weber: is sociology’s role to analyze society (ala Weber) or to change it (Marx)?
The issue of climate change and environmental destruction is one that has been relegated to the margins of Sociology, being seen as an “environmental” issue. The changes we’ve seen so far, however, show how this has had and is having a major impact on human beings and, at least in the United States, is having a major impact on the culture of the country, both in general and specifically on different ethnic groups. This paper argues that it is time to move these issues to the forefront of sociology, and proposes that the American Sociological Association move it to the center of its program.
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Scipes, Kim
(2023)
"Sociology: A Guide to Action or to Analysis in the Global Climate Change Crisis? A Call for Action by the Social Sciences and the Humanities,"
Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 11:
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1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.25148/CRCP.11.1.010600
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