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Chicago sociology and the society for social research: A comment
Author(s) -
Bulmer Martin
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(198310)19:4<353::aid-jhbs2300190404>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - sociology , social science , environmental ethics , philosophy
Lester R. Kurtz's introduction to Robert Park's “Notes on the Origins of the Society for Social Research” ( JHBS , October 1982) contains several errors of fact and understates the significance of the society for an understanding of the achievement of Chicago sociology. The role of the society as an institutional mechanism for consolidating and integrating a research group into a “school” is discussed.