Introduction for special section: attitudes: ontology, methodology, impact

Publication type

Journal Article

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Publication date

October 28, 2014

Summary:

To introduce the special section we offer some reflections on the history of the attitude and its role within the social sciences and sociology in particular. Our central point is that the concept is pervasive in social science, and yet for a disciplinary environment where reflective criticism is the norm and where constructs are constantly questioned, the attitude has had a remarkably easy ride. Part of the issue here is that the attitude was largely developed within psychology and in a sense that discipline has done its work. It is time that the concept was subjected to sociological scrutiny: for sociology to claim it, critique it, develop it...

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Sociological Research Online

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Volume: 19

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.3325

ISSN

13607804

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