Sociology, Ideology, and Nation-Building: The Palestinians and Their Meaning in Israeli Sociology
分析了研究框架中的价值负载问题,以以色列社会学为例,展示主流学者如何根据犹太复国主义视角描述巴勒斯坦少数群体和犹太-阿拉伯冲突,揭示文化承诺、生存需求及阶级、民族利益对社会学知识的影响。
The analyticframework that guides research and analysis is often value-laden and conforms to a-hegemonic culture or struggling counter-culture. I discussfive kinds offramework decisions: the sociopolitical boundaries of the collectivity under investigation, the historical periodization of the society, the terminology used to characterize sociological processes and phenomena, the way the research problem is posed, and the subjects deemed appropriate for investigation. In a case study of Israel, I show that the Palestinian minority and Jewish-Arab conflict were characterized by mainstream Israeli sociologists in accordance with dominant Zionist perspectives. Cultural commitments, perceived existential needs, and class, ethnic, and national interests, have shaped the way Israeli sociologists portray the basic features of Israeli society.