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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788104603321

Autore

Morris Aldon D.

Titolo

The scholar denied : W.E.B. Du Bois and the birth of modern sociology / / Aldon D. Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-28676-6

0-520-96048-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (818 p.)

Collana

A Naomi Schneider Book

Classificazione

HU 3535

Disciplina

301.092

Soggetti

Sociology - United States - History

Sociologists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Race and the Birth of American Sociology -- Chapter 1. The Rise of Scientific Sociology in America -- Chapter 2. Du Bois, Scientific Sociology, and Race -- Chapter 3. The Du Bois-Atlanta School of Sociology -- Chapter 4. The Conservative Alliance of Washington and Park -- Chapter 5. The Sociology of Black America: Park versus Du Bois -- Chapter 6. Max Weber Meets Du Bois -- Chapter 7. Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School -- Chapter 8. Legacies and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Illustration Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this groundbreaking book, Aldon D. Morris's ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, Morris, a major scholar of social movements, probes the way in which the history of the discipline has traditionally given credit to Robert E. Park at the University of Chicago, who worked with the conservative black leader Booker T. Washington to render Du Bois invisible. Morris uncovers the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a "scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies and examines how the leading scholars of the day



disparaged and ignored Du Bois's work. The Scholar Denied is based on extensive, rigorous primary source research; the book is the result of a decade of research, writing, and revision. In exposing the economic and political factors that marginalized the contributions of Du Bois and enabled Park and his colleagues to be recognized as the "fathers" of the discipline, Morris delivers a wholly new narrative of American intellectual and social history that places one of America's key intellectuals, W. E. B. Du Bois, at its center. The Scholar Denied is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, racial inequality, and the academy. In challenging our understanding of the past, the book promises to engender debate and discussion.  

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300427503321

Autore

Nahum Adam

Titolo

Critical Phenomena in Loop Models / / by Adam Nahum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-06407-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

519

530

530.15

530.41

Soggetti

Physics

Statistical physics

Dynamics

Mathematical physics

Condensed matter

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Complex Systems

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Condensed Matter Physics

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Completely Packed Loop Models -- Topological Terms, Quantum Magnets and Deconfined Criticality -- The Statistics of Vortex Lines -- Loop Models with Crossings in 2D -- Polymer Collapse -- Outlook -- Appendix A Potts domain walls and CP^{n-1} -- Appendix B Phases for Hedgehogs & Vortices.

Sommario/riassunto

When close to a continuous phase transition, many physical systems can usefully be mapped to ensembles of fluctuating loops, which might represent for example polymer rings, or line defects in a lattice magnet, or worldlines of quantum particles. 'Loop models' provide a unifying geometric language for problems of this kind. This thesis aims to extend this language in two directions. The first part of the thesis tackles ensembles of loops in three dimensions, and relates them to the statistical properties of line defects in disordered media and to critical phenomena in two-dimensional quantum magnets. The second part concerns two-dimensional loop models that lie outside the standard paradigms: new types of critical point are found, and new results given for the universal properties of polymer collapse transitions in two dimensions. All of these problems are shown to be related to sigma models on complex or real projective space, CP^{n−1} or RP^{n−1} -- in some cases in a 'replica' limit -- and this thesis is also an in-depth investigation of critical behaviour in these field theories.