Testimony of a sociologist of imprisonment
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https://doi.org/10.1344/cpyp.2024.27.46310Keywords:
sociology, professionalization, imperial mindset, centrifugal science, sociology, professionalization, imperial mindset, centrifugal scienceAbstract
A testimony is a selective representation of highly complex experiences. In this testimony I turn to the civilized imperial mindset also inculcated in schools and universities. I hope that this concept can help the understanding of how, even if unconsciously or against their will, teachers and schools give up independent thinking to fulfill the techno-scientific missions assigned to them by their profession.
The most important question for a sociologist remains unanswered: what has forty years of professional experience taught my generation of sociology professors?
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