Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

PL EN


2008 | 44 | 5 | 943-968

Article title

Nenaplněný příslib sociologické teorie: vzestup a pád americké sociologie ve druhé polovině dvacátého století

Authors

Content

Title variants

EN
THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Languages of publication

CS

Abstracts

EN
This article traces the development of American sociology in the second half of the twentieth century in relation to the project to advance the shared disciplinary foundations. The author reconsiders the prominent role of sociological theory in this process and devotes special attention to current criticism of any project designed to found sociology on a unified theory. Between 1945 and 1970, a period often described retrospectively as the 'Golden Age' of sociology, scientists heralded the coming of the era of sociological thinking, a view supported by the unprecedented institutional expansion of the field. However, enthusiasm over the potential growth of the field was in the ensuing period replaced with an escalating sense of dissatisfaction with the absence or unsatisfactory nature of the general vision of development. The idea of unified sociological theory was attacked and the field became more and more contested, fragmented, and compartmentalised. The article analyses the disintegrating impact that the inability to push through the promised programme of unification of the field had. The account of the development of American sociology is tied in with an argument about the conditions for sociological theory today.

Year

Volume

44

Issue

5

Pages

943-968

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • Jan Balon, Filosoficky ustav AV CR, v.v.i., Praha, Jilska 1, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic, http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/3547/

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
09CZAAAA05524

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.40cba905-8b2c-337e-b999-15381ccea704
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.