Radical Academicism, or the Sociologist's Monologue : Who are Radical Sociologists Talking with ?
Since the early 1990s, a very successful approach has developed in sociology in France called “radical academicism”. It involves the sociologist identifying himself or herself with an “objectivity” external to society (and incarnated by the institution), and it leads to a kind of elitism: only an...
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cairn-RFS_475_0003RFS1Revue française de sociologie https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-sociologie-1-2006-5-page-3?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfs.475.0003 Radical Academicism, or the Sociologist's Monologue : Who are Radical Sociologists Talking with ? Lapeyronnie, Didier2006 fre Revue française de sociologie | 47 | 5 | 2006-12-01 | p. 3-33 | 0035-2969 RFS_475100 Since the early 1990s, a very successful approach has developed in sociology in France called “radical academicism”. It involves the sociologist identifying himself or herself with an “objectivity” external to society (and incarnated by the institution), and it leads to a kind of elitism: only an elite made up of “savants” can accede to the lucidity offered by theory and universal values; only its members escape social determinism and can perceive such determinism at work in the lives of others. This elite, then, ends up speaking a monologue and establishing its “self” as the point of intersection between science and the political, meaning–so goes the argument– that it is in a position to “show” the dominated the real meaning of their actions. In addition to the advantages it offers, this position resonates with the social experience of “intellos précaires” [persons working in the intellectual professions in France whose socio-economic situation remains unsure, “precarious”; e.g., adjuncts], who can therefore consider their own “misère” comparable to the “suffering” of the most underprivileged members of society, thereby universalizing their own interests. Radical academicism goes together with sharp hostility to democracy, and its mixture of self-pity and critical distance may also be said to characterize middle-class ideology. At the political level, radical academicism exemplifies middle-class appropriation of what was once the world of working-class demands, and middle-class power to weaken working-class defenses.Cairn free access |
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Since the early 1990s, a very successful approach has developed in sociology in France
called “radical academicism”. It involves the sociologist identifying himself or
herself with an “objectivity” external to society (and incarnated by the institution), and it
leads to a kind of elitism: only an elite made up of “savants” can accede to the lucidity
offered by theory and universal values; only its members escape social determinism and can
perceive such determinism at work in the lives of others. This elite, then, ends up speaking a
monologue and establishing its “self” as the point of intersection between science and the
political, meaning–so goes the argument– that it is in a position to “show” the dominated
the real meaning of their actions. In addition to the advantages it offers, this position resonates with the social experience of “intellos précaires” [persons working in the intellectual
professions in France whose socio-economic situation remains unsure, “precarious”; e.g.,
adjuncts], who can therefore consider their own “misère” comparable to the “suffering” of
the most underprivileged members of society, thereby universalizing their own interests.
Radical academicism goes together with sharp hostility to democracy, and its mixture of
self-pity and critical distance may also be said to characterize middle-class ideology. At the
political level, radical academicism exemplifies middle-class appropriation of what was
once the world of working-class demands, and middle-class power to weaken working-class
defenses. |
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