Horowitz, Irving Louis (1929–2012)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7079233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard G Schneiderman (Lafayette College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0894 |
| OpenAlex | W2902987885 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
By founding Transaction Publishers, a major social science publishing house, and by founding and editing Society , a major social science journal, for 50 years Irving Louis Horowitz was a key figure in American sociology. In a five‐decade career, Horowitz wrote and published dozens of notable volumes, and many hundreds of articles on especially important topics in political sociology, social theory, policy studies, and the sociology of knowledge, among others. Horowitz gained prominence early in his career for highlighting and making available works of the recently deceased C. Wright Mills, exemplified in the edited 1964 volume in honor of Mills, The New Sociology . In 1985, Horowitz wrote a well‐received biography of Mills, C. Wright Mills: An American Utopian . Horowitz's critique of sociology itself, in his book, The Decomposition of Sociology , published in 1993, set off a vigorous debate over the state of the discipline that still has impact and relevance today
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |