The Politics of American Sociologists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2207682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seymour Martin Lipset (corresponding author), Everett Carll Ladd, Everett Carll Ladd Everett Carll Ladd |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-104 |
| Publication date | 1972-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1086/225296 |
| OpenAlex | W2011583254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 19 |
Various critiques of American sociology, most recently that of Alvin Gouldner, argue that the domain assumptions of the field stemming from the functionalist approach of Talcott Parsons have imposed an essentially conservative system maintenance set of concerns on the field. Gouldner suggests that Parsons's approach reflects a lifelong opposition to socialism. In fact, Parsons's personal history belies these contentions. Further, a variety of survey studies, including a major unpublished one by Gouldner, indicate that sociologists as a group have been the most left-disposed field in academe, an occupation which is to the left of other strata. Within sociology, the "achievers," those at the most prestigeous schools, who have published most, and have the most research funds, are to the left of others in the field. This pattern reflects a general characteristics of intellectual life in which the most successful people hold more unorthodox socially critical views, behavior which may stem from a link between creativity and heterodoxy. The fact that sociology is to the left of other fields may be inherent in the subject material it deals with, its distrust of reason, and its role as a debunker
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| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2023 (52) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |