Irving Horowitz

Professing Sociology (eBook, ePUB)

Studies in the Life Cycle of Social Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Professing Sociology was originally published at a time when sociology commanded widespread interest and public funding. Written by one of the leaders of "the new sociology" of the late sixties, this volume captures the nature and intensity of the field's intellectual foundations and scope. It reveals the field's post-World War II development as a scientific discipline and as a profession, and includes the author's most significant writings on critical trends shaping the field.

Irving Louis Horowitz divides the life cycle of sociology into three main sections. The first deals with the inner life of sociology, covering basic theoretical issues uniting and dividing the profession. In a second section, Horowitz shows the institutions and sources from which the struggle of ideas is nourished. A third section shows how political life shapes the inner life of American sociology. Horowitz gives a great deal of attention to international social science, to the relationship of social science to public policy, and to federal projects and grant agencies and their effects on research.

Irving Louis Horowitz was undoubtedly influential in shaping his field, and Professing Sociology offers valuable insights into how ideas become part of the fabric of professional life. As the new introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman shows, Professing Sociology provides a clear picture of sociology at the height of its importance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351496445
• Artikelnr.: 49042196

Autorenporträt

Irving Horowitz

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by Howard G. Schneiderman Preface
I. THE INNER LIFE OF SOCIOLOGY 1. Consensus, Conflict, and Cooperation 2.
Scientific Criticism and the Sociology of Knowledge 3. Social Science
Objectivity and Value Neutrality 4. Crime, Custom, and Culture 5. A
Formalization of the Sociology of Knowledge 6. The Sociology of Social
Problems 7. On Alienation and the Social Order 8. Social Deviance and
Political Marginality II. THE ACADEMIC LIFE OF SOCIOLOGY 9. On Learning and
Teaching Sociology 10. Establishment Sociology 11. Sociology for Sale 12.
Anthropology for Sociologists 13. Max Weber and the Spirit of American
Sociology 14. Mainliners and Marginals 15. From Social Psychology to Social
Performance III. THE POLITICAL LIFE OF SOCIOLOGY 16. Functionalist
Sociology and Political Ideologies 17. International Social Science
Research 18. Social Science and Public Policy 19. The Life and Death of
Project Camelot 20. Federally Sponsored Overseas Research 21. Social
Science Fiction and the Americanization of Conflict 22. Social Indicators
and Social Policies 23. Social Science Yogis and Military Commissars NAME
INDEX SUBJECT INDEX