By Charles C. Lemert Ph.D.
A critique of recent sociological concept, this extraordinary new paintings instead of saying the twilight of guy accepts the development either as an highbrow conclusion and an empirical truth, and proceeds systematically to check the alternatives past the Weber-Durkheim-Parsons episteme. Addressing himself to the problems of pluralism in sociological thought, Lemert carefully examines consultant writings of significant theorists in the USA and Europe, together with the writings of Homans (Lexical Explanation), Blalock (Theory Constructionism), Parsons (Analytic Realism), Blumer (Symbolic Interactionism), Schutz, Berger, Luckmann (Phenomenology), Cicourel (Ethnomethology), and Habermas (Critical Theory). Lemert demanding situations the prestigious pluralism hypothesis in his argument that fresh sociological idea isn't so pluralistic in any case and has no longer made specific use of accessible kinds of thinking. Sociology and the Twilight of guy is a vital contribution to the fashionable sociological company for numerous reasons. First, it increases uncomplicated questions on the growth made past prior theoretical writings. moment, it questions the explanatory strength of present theories. 3rd, it questions even if modern thought can proceed to improve in a significant approach with out a profound reexamination of its assumptions and premises. And fourth, it demonstrates the worth of discursive research to theoretical reviews. Lemert’s critique may lead to primary revisions of sociologists’ belief in their discipline.
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It must be agreed that sociology will make its way only as an empirical science. However, this book has been written in part out of the conviction that sociologists are not now (any more than they ever have been) very clear on what constitutes the so-called empirical world. I believe that it is in recognition of this confusion that theoretical and metatheoretical studies find their justifications. Whatever else theory can be, there is a place for theory as the orderly sorting out of problems surrounding empirical work, even when this sort of theorizing does not directly result in numbers and propositions.
Series. L435 1978 301 78-17146 ISBN 0-8093-0851-7 ISBN 0-8093-0975-0 pbk. Copyright © 1979 by Southern Illinois University Press All rights reserved First printing, January 1979 Second printing, December 1979 Printed in the United States of America Designed by Andor Braun Page v For Matthew, qui, pendant l'écriture de ce livre, luttait, comme son père, avec l'espace difficile entre la voix et le texte. Page vii Contents Preface ix 1. Homocentrism and Sociological Discourse 1 2. Axiomatic Explanation: George Homans 23 3.
The new glamour field in sociology is metatheory, the theory of theory. Even those who reject metatheory as speculation can often be heard, in conversation, giving their opinion of basic changes taking place in sociology. '' Most sociologists seem to believe that sociologists are thinking differently than they did in the past. Of course, one would not find so many respectable and otherwise cautious intellectuals speaking about "paradigm shifts" without good reasons. The most apparent of these good reasons are: the many philosophical studies of sociological theory (for example, Habermas 1971a, Emmet and MacIntyre 1970, Filmer et al.