Questions about or related to the history of social sciences.
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How much do Marx's theories of sociology influence modern Western sociology?
From what little I know of sociology, Karl Marx is considered one of the fathers of sociology, along with Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Marx is most known for his political views, which don't have a lot of support in current Western thought; are his…
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Was Niklas Luhmann critical of environmental movements?
A number of years ago, during the break at a social theory seminar, someone mentioned that Niklas Luhmann was highly critical of environmental movements. Since the seminar was more about systems theory than any dislikes of particular movements, I…
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What theories/sub-fields have developed out of ethnography?
Ethnography & ethnomethodology, as both being around for quite a while there must be theories/sub-fields which have developed out of these.
Coming from an interactionist point of view, I'm aware of social network theory (Milroy & Milroy, 1978) &…
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Who coined the distinction, or at least the terminology of white/black/grey propaganda?
It's commonly encountered in in textbooks nowadays, e.g. in Jowett & O'Donnell, Propaganda & Persuasion. But I'm not sure who coined this distinction. I found it mentioned quite explicitly in a 1949 article of Howard [P.] Becker, so it's quite an…
