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Auguste Comte og sociologiens grundlæggelse
No full textAuguste Comte bliver ofte omtalt som grundlægger af sociologien, uden at det dog uddybes nærmere, hvad det vil sige. Artiklen søger at vise, i hvilken forstand man kan regne Comte blandt sociologiens grundlæggere. Comte demonstrerer på et teoretisk plan, at sociologien mangler, fordi der findes sociale fænomener, som de eksisterende videnskaber ikke kan begribe, men som kan gøres til genstand for en ny videnskab. Comte betragter det erkendende subjekt og den videnskabelige aktivitet som sådanne sociale fænomener, og det er baggrunden for, at sociologien grundlægges som en videnskab om sig selv og de øvrige videnskaber, det vil sige som en refleksiv videnskabssociologi. Selvom dele af Comtes sociologi fremstår bedaget, er den, hvad angår disse sociologiske grundtanker om videnskabelig refleksivitet og videnskaberne som genstand for sociologien, på bølgelængde med sociologien i dag
Mellem decentralisering og centralisering: En statslig arbejdsplads flytter fra København til Nakskov
No full textMed interesse for udflytningen af statslige arbejdspladser fra København til provinsen baserer artiklen sig på et etnografisk casestudie af det lokale møde mellem statsinstitutionen Nota og lokalsamfundet i Nakskov på Vestlolland, hvor Nota i 2019 flyttede ind på det centrale torv i byens tidligere rådhus. I den forbindelse fokuserer artiklen særligt på de sociale og økonomiske forventninger og normer, som møder Nota lokalt. Ved hjælp af teori om praksisfællesskaber og lokaløkonomiske kredsløb viser analysen først, hvordan Nakskovs etablerede indbyggere betragter Nota som en arbejdsplads, der i dagligdagen er socialt og økonomisk forpligtet på det omgivende bysamfund gennem aktiv lokal deltagelse. Dernæst peger analysen på, hvordan Nota derfor i hverdagen må manøvrere inden for to parallelle, gensidigt modvirkende økonomiske kredsløb, nemlig statens og det omgivende bysamfunds: det første byggende på regelfasthed og standardisering, det andet på fleksibilitet og lokal tilpasningsdygtighed. I kraft af dette fundamentale modsætningsforhold mellem centrale statsøkonomiske regelsæt og decentrale lokaløkonomiske normsæt argumenterer artiklen for, at statens egen centraløkonomiske praksis i det daglige modarbejder den omplacerede statsinstitutions muligheder for aktivt at tage del i det modtagende bysamfunds egne lokaløkonomiske udvekslingspraksisser. Artiklen konkluderer dermed, at ’udflytningen af statslige arbejdspladser’ ofte i det konkrete lokale møde manifesterer sig som en decentralisering på centraliseringens præmis
A Critique of Pandemic Reason: Towards a Syndemic Noso-Politics
Get PDFThe main objective of this article is to provide a critique of the pandemic strategy suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) and implemented by various countries from March 2020 onwards in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. Based on the theories of Michel Foucault, this critique aims to show that, in the first instance, the pandemic may be understood in terms of the art of governing human beings at the point of interaction between politics and medicine; secondly, in Foucauldian terminology, such interaction may be referred to as ‘noso-politics’, that is, a mechanism used to control the body of the population via authoritarian measures exercised in the name of the health of the population; thirdly, such a mechanism exercises its power by invoking a mechanistic truth about the SARS-CoV-2 virus which may be countered by an argument that takes a historical perspective on the virus; fourthly, the pandemic strategy may be opposed by a syndemic approach that takes into account interactions between emerging diseases such as COVID-19 and non-communicable illnesses, as well as the biological and socio-economic conditions that the well-being of the population depends on. In short, by providing a critique of the politics of truth about the pandemic, the virus, and health measures, the article aims to encourage a critical attitude that will challenge both the authorities and the truth they invoke to prevent the pandemic strategy being used as a mechanism for governing, given the predictions of the recurrent emergence of new viruses
Is It Really Happening? The Postmodern Horror of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby
Get PDFThis article examines Roman Polanski’s film Rosemary’s Baby (1968) as both a symptom and a manifestation of the cultural and political upheavals of the late 1960s. Released in an era marked by rampant conspiracy theories and a growing opposition to established hierarchies and institutions, the film constitutes a prime example of “paranoid horror.” Reflecting the collapse of commonly accepted metanarratives such as religion and the American nuclear family, Rosemary’s Baby adamantly rejects the restoration of order that earlier horror movies would have provided. In fact, by questioning ontological reliability, it epitomizes the shift from the classical to the postmodern horror narrative
Re-Centering Race in Emancipatory Entrepreneurship: Black Female Tech Founders, Money, and Meaning in a Detroit-Based Incubator Program
Get PDFThis study is an anthropological inquiry into the perceptions and attitudes of Black female tech entrepreneurs towards capitalism in the context of an incubator program in Detroit, USA. Drawing upon ethnographic data from the STEM Entrepreneurial Excellence Program (STEEP), the study reveals the intricate relationships that Black female founders maintain with money and capitalism. These complexities manifest in moral quandaries related to fundraising and distrust in outsourcing financial management, emanating from a long-standing scepticism towards capitalism and intertwined with historical traumas. The research emphasizes the significance of comprehending minority entrepreneurs’ historical inequalities and lived experiences with capitalism to discern their diverse attitudes and performances in entrepreneurship – an aspect frequently neglected in entrepreneurship scholarship. By examining the intersection of race, gender, and entrepreneurship, the essay contributes valuable insights into the nuanced dynamics shaping entrepreneurial experiences of Black women in the technology sector