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The Future of Sociology
Author(s) -
Beck Bernard
Publication year - 1999
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.1999.tb00494.x
Subject(s) - craft , ambivalence , sociology , variety (cybernetics) , worry , social science , psychoanalysis , history , psychology , anxiety , archaeology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , computer science
The variety of efforts that have constituted the twentieth‐century sociological project are to be celebrated. Although I am somewhat ambivalent about sociology's future, I am confident of its substantial continuation. Yet I worry about its future as an identifiable scholarly craft on U.S. campuses. Contemporary working sociologists must protect their craft's legacy by making a nurturing place for young scholars in the US. academy.