Source: Law & Liberty
by Robert VerBruggen
“Could sociology and classical liberalism ever be friend — —or at least engage each other productively? That’s a tall order, but it’s also the focus of a new edited volume from sociology professors Fabio Rojas and Charlotta Stern, Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue. It’s published by Rowman & Littlefield but open-access online. Sociology is an academic discipline devoted to the institutions and cultural patterns that shape human interactions, with a frequent focus on inequality and oppression. To the extent that sociology has an ideology … well, it’s leftist to the core. As Stern reports in her contribution, there are more self-identified Marxists (25.5 percent) than Republicans (5.5 percent) among sociologists. Classical liberalism, meanwhile, is a political ideology devoted to free markets, personal autonomy, open inquiry, and due process.” (01/06/25)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/if-adam-smith-met-max-weber/