Yes. I often warned my students that often sociology is the "science of bad news." I tried to mitigate that. I think it has to do with the traditions of sociology as a science that emerged in response to the disruptions of industrialization. Anyway, I enjoy the substack. You and I should have a conversation at some point.
Good post. Unsurprisingly, anthropology suffers from the same affliction, a preoccupation with "suffering" or the "dark." One book that discusses this is is HENIG, DAVID, ANNA STRHAN & JOEL ROBBINS (eds). Where is the good in the world? Ethical life between social theory and philosophy.. An article is ANTHROPOLOGY BRIGHT AND DARK: Relativism, Value Pluralism, and the Comparative Study of the Good by Joel Robbins
Yes. I often warned my students that often sociology is the "science of bad news." I tried to mitigate that. I think it has to do with the traditions of sociology as a science that emerged in response to the disruptions of industrialization. Anyway, I enjoy the substack. You and I should have a conversation at some point.
Good post. Unsurprisingly, anthropology suffers from the same affliction, a preoccupation with "suffering" or the "dark." One book that discusses this is is HENIG, DAVID, ANNA STRHAN & JOEL ROBBINS (eds). Where is the good in the world? Ethical life between social theory and philosophy.. An article is ANTHROPOLOGY BRIGHT AND DARK: Relativism, Value Pluralism, and the Comparative Study of the Good by Joel Robbins
I'll email them to you.