The moment a discipline replaces empirical truth and objectivity with "liberatory praxis," it ceases to be a science and becomes pure ideological engineering. It's hilarious how the ASA tried to deny being politicized while literally defining their own field using a student activist manifesto. Economics and hard data might not be perfect, but at least they still require reality to check your math. When "studying people" turns into telling people they are inherently depraved based on postmodern theory, it's no surprise the discipline is cratering.
The moment a discipline replaces empirical truth and objectivity with "liberatory praxis," it ceases to be a science and becomes pure ideological engineering.
It's hilarious how the ASA tried to deny being politicized while literally defining their own field using a student activist manifesto. Economics and hard data might not be perfect, but at least they still require reality to check your math.
When "studying people" turns into telling people they are inherently depraved based on postmodern theory, it's no surprise the discipline is cratering.