“在許多人被掩埋在狹隘的知識縫中的時候，批判性社會學(xué)有勇氣大膽地回答“大問題”。對于那些想擺脫方法論束縛的人來說，批判性社會學(xué)是一個替代思想的必要而重要的論壇?！泵绹~約城市大學(xué)研究生中心社會學(xué)杰出教授斯坦利·阿諾維茨說?！芭行陨鐣W(xué)為主流和批判性社會學(xué)研究中的當(dāng)前問題提供了深入的討論和具有挑戰(zhàn)性的文章?！泵绹斩纱髮W(xué)社會學(xué)教授、SSSP前任主席羅伯特·佩魯奇說?！芭行陨鐣W(xué)為研究資本主義/種族主義制度的替代方案提供了一個非常必要的論壇，而這種制度并不謹(jǐn)慎地關(guān)注取悅當(dāng)權(quán)者。謝天謝地，它確實存在！”Edna Bonacich，ASA世界體系部政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)主席，美國加州大學(xué)河濱分校社會學(xué)教授?！皼]有批判，社會學(xué)就失去了，批判社會學(xué)用黑桃語表達(dá)了這一點——它是我們學(xué)科的支柱?！泵绹鐣茖W(xué)協(xié)會（ASA）前主席、美國伯克利加州大學(xué)（University of California，Berkeley，USA）社會學(xué)教授邁克爾·布勞伊（Michael Burawoy）說。“從左派的角度，包括女權(quán)主義者的角度，發(fā)表富有洞察力和細(xì)心的工作，批判性社會學(xué)是社會學(xué)家和其他致力于知識的人的一個重要的學(xué)術(shù)資源，有助于解決普遍存在的社會問題。”美國社會科學(xué)協(xié)會杰出獎學(xué)金獲得者瓊·阿克和美國社會科學(xué)協(xié)會杰西·貝爾NARD獎，美國俄勒岡大學(xué)社會學(xué)教授“批判性社會學(xué)的偉大傳統(tǒng)是將新思想帶到最前沿，并使主流時刻處于萌芽狀態(tài)?！泵绹タ唆斔辜又荽髮W(xué)社會學(xué)研究教授G.William Domhoff說。《批判社會學(xué)》是一本國際同行評議的期刊，發(fā)表了最高質(zhì)量的原創(chuàng)研究。三十多年來，批判社會學(xué)一直是政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)視角下社會學(xué)分析的主導(dǎo)聲音。社會學(xué)家和任何想了解當(dāng)今最緊迫問題的人都必須閱讀這本雜志，因為他們了解種族、階級和性別。批判社會學(xué)最初以叛亂分子社會學(xué)家的身份出版，是20世紀(jì)60年代美國社會學(xué)協(xié)會1969年會議爆發(fā)的“社會學(xué)解放運動”的社會行動的結(jié)果，批判社會學(xué)致力于從馬克思主義、后馬克思主義、女權(quán)主義者和其他批判角度出版學(xué)術(shù)著作。它目前的編輯任務(wù)是鼓勵學(xué)者去了解當(dāng)代資本主義社會。今天，《華爾街日報》仍然是社會學(xué)領(lǐng)域內(nèi)對廣泛主題進(jìn)行批判性研究的少數(shù)來源之一，而且越來越多地從國際角度進(jìn)行研究。最近有關(guān)全球化、經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展、宗教、環(huán)境、勞工運動、社會政策和工作社會學(xué)的文章反映了《華爾街日報》對廣泛主題的承諾，所有這些都與批判性地審視社會如何運作和探索漸進(jìn)式社會變革潛力的共同目標(biāo)相聯(lián)系。此外，特別議題和專題討論會使批判性社會學(xué)能夠通過開創(chuàng)性的和重要的新的學(xué)術(shù)成果參與當(dāng)代議題的討論。最近的例子包括：2000年新全球化環(huán)境下的勞工運動（26:1/2）《關(guān)鍵種族和民族研究》，2002年（28:1/2）性別、全球化和工作重組，2004年（30:1）文化、權(quán)力與歷史，2004（30:2）宗教與馬克思主義，2005（31:1/2）公共社會學(xué)，2005（31:3）2006年拉丁美洲新自由主義危機與復(fù)興左派（32:1）種族主義和反種族主義，2006（32:2/3）2007年德國的工作和組織模式（33:1/2）

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