Taboo Issues in Social Science: Questioning Conventional Wisdom Contributor(s): Walsh, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1622732065 ISBN-13: 9781622732067 Publisher: Vernon Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 301.097 |
LCCN: 2017937441 |
Series: Critical Perspectives on Social Science |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 310 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is an expedition into a number of controversial issues in the social sciences with the intention of challenging the conventional wisdom on those issues. While most social science research is interesting and important, a fair amount of social science research is thinly disguised advocacy research in which conclusions too often precede inquiries. The primary topics are those that the journal Nature described as "Taboo". In order of the degree of censure, the topics are: race, sex differences, intelligence, and violence. The only way to examine these topics with the social science seal of approval attached is through a strictly environmental lens. To bring biological factors to bear on them is politically incorrect and can bring the wrath of the academy down on one's head. Although many researchers successfully bring biology into their research on these issues, they are said to risk career and reputation for doing so. Speech codes stifling free intellectual exchange pervade the ivory tower, and an overwhelmingly liberal faculty hell-bent on eliminating any vestiges of opposition to their ideology. This is unconscionable in an institution that is supposed to value free exchange of all ideas and opinions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walsh, Anthony: - Anthony Walsh entered academia upon earning a degree in criminology after 25 years in the "real world" as a Marine, police officer, and probation officer. His area of expertise is biosocial criminology, and he was honored with the 2014 David Rowe Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to this area. He is also interested in legal philosophy and statistics. He has written 36 other books and approximately 150 articles, many on topics included in this book. |