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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

sociodicéia

English translation:

sociodicy

Added to glossary by Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
Jun 16, 2014 11:53
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term

sociodicéia

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. sociology of work
Brazilian Portuguese, targeted at an academic readership.
The context is the history of the trade union movement in Brazil, in this section under the Vargas regime.

É uma práxis típica das grandes sociodiceias, nas quais os projetos de transformação social têm que se haver com heranças do passado que os engenheiros sociais preferiam desdenhar, mas cujo enfrentamento terminou por revelar seu aspecto trágico e, no limite, inatingível.

I have not been able to find any definitions, but I assume it means something like 'social thought' or 'social analysis'.

Any suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 sociodicy
5 sociodicy (rationalization/legitimation of the social order)
2 social suffering

Discussion

Douglas Bissell Jun 16, 2014:
Karen, this is an extremely rare term in any language, but I think, considering the acedemic readers, there may be no other term that is quite as succinct or accurate
Muriel Vasconcellos Jun 16, 2014:
True cognates I think this is one of those cases in which the cognate is your best friend. No need to "paraphrase."
Karen Vincent-Jones (X) (asker) Jun 16, 2014:
Sociodicy Thanks to Douglas I now know that this is the literal translation, but it is such a rare term in English I was hoping for some kind of equivalent that would not involve an elaborate paraphrase.

Proposed translations

+5
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sociodicy

HIH
Reference:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sociodicy

Peer comment(s):
agree Gilmar Fernandes
1 hr
thanks Gilmar
agree connie leite
4 hrs
thanks Connie
agree Mario Freitas :
4 hrs
thanks Mario
agree Verginia Ophof
5 hrs
thanks Verginia
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
6 hrs
thanks Muriel
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much, Douglas. I have used 'sociodicy', and added an explanatory footnote."
1 hr

social suffering

suggestion

http://asociologist.com/2014/04/24/junior-theorists-symposiu...
books.google.com.bz/books?isbn=1400829372
Michael Halpin (University of Wisconsin – Madison) – “Science and Sociodicy: Neuroscientific Explanations of Social Suffering”
http://www.academia.edu/338855/The_Problem_of_Suffering_and_...
Note from asker:
I don't think 'sociodicy' refers to social suffering itself, but to sociological attempts to explain it. But thank you for the reference, it is a very interesting article.
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4 hrs

sociodicy (rationalization/legitimation of the social order)

This is a term used in the sociological literature, and to be even more precise, in cultural sociology, which is a very specialized area of sociology. The term "sociodicy" is technically correct. However, if you wanted to make things clearer/paraphrase the term, you could somehow work in part of the general definition: A rationalization or legitimation of the existing social order, often conceptualized at the individual level.

I am including a description of the term by famous sociologist Loïc Wacquant (if anyone represents modern cultural sociology, it is him). Please let me know if you cannot access the Google Books link below and I can send you the original article, which I have.

Hope this helps!

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Note added at 5 days (2014-06-21 15:07:03 GMT)
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No problem at all, Karen. A footnote sounds like a great solution. It's good to know that such a term of art might be better understood now.

Happy to help!
Example sentence:

Again, not unlike the church in medieval society, the school supplies a sociodicy in action of the existing social order, a rationale for its inequities and the cognitive and moral basis for its conservation.

Reference:

http://books.google.com/books?id=XROBAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=Again,+not+unlike+the+church+in+medieval+society,+the+school+supplies+a+

Note from asker:
Thank you so much for the reference, Aaron, I have placed a link to it in the explanatory footnote I have added to the term in the text.
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