Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

Tag: bourdieu

  • Habermas and the Modern Public Sphere: Insights for Today

    Habermas was, above all, a sociologist, even if much of the press insists on presenting him simply as a philosopher. That is not a minor distinction. His work was not only a contribution to philosophy in the narrow sense; it was also a formidable set of tools for thinking about society, legitimacy, consensus, institutions, and…

  • “Ideology” and “false consciousness”

    The sociology of knowledge in­herited from Marx not only the sharpest formulation of its central problem (that is “man´s consciousness is determined by his social being”) but also some of its key concepts, among which should be mentioned particularly the concepts of ‘ideology’ (ideas serving as weapons for social interests) and ‘false consciousness’ (thought that…

  • Urban symbolic violence

    “Street harassment”. I like the term used in this article. It also includes the above video on gender harassment in the street. They did a kind of social experiment with a hidden camera to show how many times in a day a woman can get harassed. The video makes me think on street harassment in a…

  • Sociología pública

    Dentro de la sociología existen sin duda dos corrientes con relación al rol que un sociólogo debe desempeñar. Por un lado, aquellos que sostienen que la sociología, siendo una ciencia, debe abstenerse de emprender acciones independientemente de los resultados de su investigación. Se trataría, por llamarlo de alguna manera, de una visión cientificista. Por otro…