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Mª Jesus Rosado Tlf 34916300958 ww.isdfundacion.org // [email protected]

“sociology in spain and the

interdisciplinarity of science”

“sociology in spain and the

interdisciplinarity of science”

2Mª Jesus Rosado Tlf916300958 www.isdfundacion.org // [email protected]

• iS+D is a non profit organization created in 2006

• the principal aim of the Foundation is the impulse and the development of the Social Advanced Research as an instrument for the diagnosis and the search of solutions that facilitate the social understanding


• to unfold a new sociological approach based on the origin and the causes of the social phenomena• to offer a new dimension of the social studies centered in the collective behavior • to transfer the results of the investigation to society through models of social performance• to collaborate with researchers and research groups in projects and methodologies • to create a space for the debate and the social communication


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•the arrival of sociology to spain took place during first half of century XX

•the faculty of political science and sociology, would take more years in being created:

• in 1968 it was established the school of sociology in the complutense university, and

• in1973, the faculty of political science and sociology at the same university

•the arrival of sociology to spain took place during first half of century XX

•the faculty of political science and sociology, would take more years in being created:

• in 1968 it was established the school of sociology in the complutense university, and

• in1973, the faculty of political science and sociology at the same university


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te • spain was a dictatorship and the university was fighting against it

•everything that sounded corporative was considered “small bourgeois” and that constituted an insult

• spain was a dictatorship and the university was fighting against it

•everything that sounded corporative was considered “small bourgeois” and that constituted an insult


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• in the school of sociology everything that did not have Marxist edges, it was considered to be bourgeois, and in consequence doomed

• knowledge about Comte or Weber was limited

• in the school of sociology everything that did not have Marxist edges, it was considered to be bourgeois, and in consequence doomed

• knowledge about Comte or Weber was limited


• all scientific discipline is subjective, the problem with sociology is that sociologists themselves think it is double subjective

• there is a confusion between the object of study and the method of study

• all scientific discipline is subjective, the problem with sociology is that sociologists themselves think it is double subjective

• there is a confusion between the object of study and the method of study

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•sociology is not a cumulative science

• sociological studies usually refer to the theories of the classic authors, but they do not speak about daily life

•sociology is not a cumulative science

• sociological studies usually refer to the theories of the classic authors, but they do not speak about daily lifetheore

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•sociology does not research about the causes of the social phenomena, it only describes them

•that is not useful for society: society wants answers to their troubles of the daily life

•sociology does not research about the causes of the social phenomena, it only describes them

•that is not useful for society: society wants answers to their troubles of the daily lifed

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•sociology has not generated concrete expectations

•other academic disciplines do not know what it is possible to be hoped exactly of this discipline

•sociology has not generated concrete expectations

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• sociology in spain is a consolidated discipline at academic level, but• it does not enjoy social recognition isolated of other sciences because the results of its researches have often a theoretical character remote of the daily realities

• sociology in spain is a consolidated discipline at academic level, but• it does not enjoy social recognition isolated of other sciences because the results of its researches have often a theoretical character remote of the daily realities

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how a profession could advance without a minimun of cohesion among

its professionals?

how a profession could advance without a minimun of cohesion among

its professionals?

the question isthe question isthe question isthe question is


interdisciplinarityinterdisciplinarity

should collaboration exist between sociology and the diverse areas of human or scientific knowledge?

should collaboration exist between sociology and the diverse areas of human or scientific knowledge?

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¿sociology?¿sociology? physics


¿ trans ? ¿ trans ? ¿ intra ?

¿ inter ?¿ inter ?

¿ multi ?¿ multi ? it does not

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what kind of what kind of collaboration?collaboration?what kind of what kind of

collaboration?collaboration?


add and interrelate add and interrelate different perspectivesdifferent perspectives

add and interrelate add and interrelate different perspectivesdifferent perspectives

•spread its results generating added value for other areas of knowledge •incorporate other scientific disciplines within its studies

•spread its results generating added value for other areas of knowledge •incorporate other scientific disciplines within its studies

sociology mustsociology must


¿how to generate ¿how to generate added value?added value?

¿how to generate ¿how to generate added value?added value?

•giving other scientific disciplines the culture context in which they operate

•reducing the bias of other sciences due to the ignorance of the social phenomena and of the human behaviours

• answering to the questions that society asks in every social moment

• giving explanations about the situations that human beings must afford in their daily lives

•giving other scientific disciplines the culture context in which they operate

•reducing the bias of other sciences due to the ignorance of the social phenomena and of the human behaviours

• answering to the questions that society asks in every social moment

• giving explanations about the situations that human beings must afford in their daily lives


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it is a duty of sociologists to generate this conscience

it is a duty of sociologists to generate this conscience

conscience about the social condition of humans is still very week

conscience about the social condition of humans is still very week

social phenomena social phenomena are still studied from are still studied from an individual point of an individual point of viewview

social phenomena social phenomena are still studied from are still studied from an individual point of an individual point of viewview


thank you very

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thank you very

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