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    STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2010  
         
  Article:   REMAKING THE SOCIAL. THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIOLOGY BETWEEN RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Authors:  DAN CHIRIBUCĂ.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  Opening Speech at the First International Conference of the Society of Sociologists from Romania, hosted by the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, 2-4 December 2010

The challenges of sociology are anchored in the changes and transformations of the social environmment, into taking responsibility for new strategies to investigate the social, in opening to public debate of topics essential to the configuration of scientific and professional field such as the legitimacy and validity of knowledge modalities, of the findings and social consequences generated by research. Conceptual fluidity, paradigmatic multiplicity, and methodological flexibility along with defining new roles and responsibilities represent not only challenges but also opportunities for sociology to be promoted as a discipline that contributes to identifying solutions and solving major issues of contemporary society. Such an approach is a challenge in itself because it calls into question the role and stakes of sociology as science, professional practice, and formative agency of field professionals, namely sociologists.

Keywords: Romanian sociology, the challenges of social research, the public role of sociology and sociologists
 
         
     
         
         
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