Sociology in Retrospect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2202403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Behice Boran, Behice Sadık Boran (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 312-320 |
| Publication date | 1947-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/220017 |
| OpenAlex | W2048000155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Nineteenth-century European Sociology, with dual roots in Marxism and the bourgeois idelogy of Comte, had a class character. American sociology was, from the beginning, animated by an unrealistic, optimistic bourgeois spirit. In the early twentieth century, American sociology discarded the philosophy of history and was reduced to the study of practical social problems. Since the twenties, in spite of revolutionary world-wide changes in society, sociologists have been preoccupied with questions of method. Lundberg speaks now for faith in science as a cure-all for social ills; but, while scientists dally, the ills grow apace. Lynd more realistically points out that the central problem of the social sciences is the premises of culture, which, themselves, condition science
Bourgeoisie · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Faith · History of sociology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 2012 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |