Social Sciences as Sorcery

✍ Scribed by Stanislav Andreski

• Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 236
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
1. Why Foul One's Nest?......Page 10
2. The Witch Doctor's Dilemma......Page 17
3. Manipulation Through Description......Page 31
4. Censorship Through Mass Production......Page 42
5. In the Footsteps of Monsieur Pangloss and Dr Bowdler......Page 50
6. The Smoke Screen of Jargon......Page 58
7. The Uses of Absurdity......Page 88
8. Evasion in the Guise of Objectivity......Page 93
9. Hiding Behind Methodology......Page 107
10. Quantification as Camouflage......Page 122
11. Promiscuous Crypto-Conservatism......Page 143
12. Ideology Underneath Terminology......Page 152
13. Techno-Totemism and Creeping Crypto-Totalitarianism......Page 171
14. The Law of Lighter Weights Rising to the Top......Page 184
15. Gresham's and Parkinson's Laws Combined......Page 195
16. Ivory Towers or Bureaucratic Treadmills......Page 212
17. The Barbarian Assault on the Corrupted Citadels of Learning......Page 221
18. Conclusion: Ethics and the Advancement of Knowledge......Page 228