There are occasions in social science where it is reasonable to question whether or not the study has become part of that hard to pin down category that social

There are occasions in social science where it is reasonable to question whether or not the study has become part of that hard to pin down category that social theorists talk about... namely, the kind that is used to justify and perpetuate the status quo. tl;dr of course a study of a society in which large amounts of free time is not a thing would yield people suffering culture shock when they experience it.