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A History and Analysis of Radical Activism in Sociology, 1967–1969, with Special Reference to the Sociology Liberation Movement, the Black Caucus, the Executive Council, the War in Vietnam and a Few Other Things *
Author(s) -
Brown Carol
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1970.tb00973.x
Subject(s) - caucus , sociology , opposition (politics) , sociology of leisure , sociology of religion , sociology of disaster , historical sociology , gender studies , social movement , movement (music) , social science , medical sociology , epistemology , law , political science , politics , aesthetics , medicine , nursing , public health , philosophy
Radical activism in sociology can be explained as reaction against developments in American society, university structure, social theory and the American Sociology Association. Beginning in 1967 with a controversy over a Vietnam resolution, it has grown to include organized opposition through the Sociology Liberation Movement and the separation of the Black Sociologists Association. The assumptions behind sociology as an academic field and an occupation, have been and are being tested and found erroneous by an increasing number of sociologists.