INTRODUCTION: DIFFICULTIES AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF A STUDY OF RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 479-495

Abstract

Some special features of the sci's of man & his culture are discussed including value-loading, complicity with the subject matter & with the cultural milieu of the res'er himself, the difficulties of exp'ion & defining soc phenomena. The ideological intrication of these sci's can be reduced only to the extent that concepts, conditions & mechanisms capable of resolving conflicting soc interests can be translated into diff cultural & ideological environments. Some of the soc sci's are reaching a critical level which hinges on wider utilization of mathematical tools & on increasing need for close collaboration with the natural sci's. Modified AA.