The Americanization of Social Science: Intellectuals and Public Responsibility in the Postwar United States - Brossura

Haney, David Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1592137148 ISBN 13: 9781592137145

Casa editrice: Temple Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

A controversial explanation for sociology

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Recensione:

"[E]ngaging, well-written... Haney has made a valuable contribution to the history of mid-twentieth-century American sociology."- --The Journal of American History, December 2008---------"Haney demonstrates how sociology was remade in a self-conscious effort to insulate the discipline from public discussion of social issues. His arguments...are developed intelligently using new as well as familiar sources... The most compelling theme of this interesting book is how sociologists in the early postwar period found new reasons to be cynical about democracy." - --American Historical Review, December 2008

"It's written so beautifully, so engagingly, and Haney is so widely read in the sociological literature and commentary of the 1950s. It's a wonderful social history of sociology, and at the same time a sociological analysis of the period of the consolidation of what Pierre Bourdieu would call a "field." One can even discern the locations that I have used to define the field - policy, professional, critical and public sociology." --Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

"Haney has presented us with a well-written historical narrative of some shifting themes, shifting interests, and shifting affiliations within American sociology in the period from the late 1940s through the early 1960s." --The British Journal of Sociology, June 2009

"David Paul Haney's The Americanization of Social Science is a welcome contribution to [the] scholarship. Haney examines the struggle for a coherent professional identity among sociologists between 1945 and 1963. In particular, he focuses on the tension between sociologists' quest for scientific status and academic standing vis-à-vis social relevance and public engagement....In perhaps the most eye-opening chapters in the book, Hanley draws on archival professional correspondences as well as book reviews to capture the mixed feelings and dynamics associated with the marginalization of diffident sociologists." --The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Sept 2009

"Haney has presented us with a well-written historical narrative of some shifting themes, shifting interests, and shifting affiliations within American sociology in the period from the late 1940s through the early 1960s." --The British Journal of Sociology, June 2009

L'autore:

David Paul Haney is an Adjunct Professor at Austin Community College and St. Edward's University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Temple Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1592137148
• ISBN 13: 9781592137145
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 283