Concepts and the social order [[electronic resource] ] : Robert K. Merton and the future of sociology / / edited by Yehuda Elkana, András Szigeti, György Lissauer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781959203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 978-615-5053-42-9; 615-5053-42-1; 1-283-29291-2; 9786613292919; 1-4416-9798-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ElkanaYehuda <1934-2012>; SzigetiAndrás; LissauerGyörgy
• Disciplina: 301.092
• Soggetti: Sociology - United States - History
• 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: ""Cover""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations and Tables""; ""Book Concept and Preface""; ""Note to Sound and Sculpture""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Paradoxes of Robert K. Merton: Fragmentary Reflections""; ""2. Looking for Shoulders to Stand on, or for a Paradigm for the Sociology of Science""; ""3. R. K. Merton in France: Foucault, Bourdieu, Latour and the Invention of Mainstream Sociology in Paris""; ""4. Merton in South Asia: The Question of Religion and the Modernity of Science""; ""5. The Contribution of Robert K. Mertonâ€?s Key Concepts to the Analysis of Gender Differentiation in Society""""6. A Tribute to Robert Merton: Protestant and Catholic Ethics Revisited""; ""The Concept of Ambivalence in the Relationship between Science and Society""; ""Re-evaluating the Place of Science in Evaluating Modernity""; ""Democracy and the Normative Structure of Science after Modernity""; ""The Matthew Effect Writ Large and Larger: A Study in Sociological ; Semantics""; ""11. Repetition with Variation: A Mertonian Inquiry into a Lost Mertonian Concept""; ""12. Robert K. Merton and the Tansformation of Sociology of Knowledge and Possible New Directions""""Bibliography""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Offers a comprehensive perspective on knowledge production in the field of sociology. Moreover, it is a tribute to the scope of Merton's work and the influence Merton has had on the work and life of sociologists around the world. This is reflected in each of the 12 chapters by internationally acclaimed scholars witnessing the range of fields Merton has contributed to as well as the personal impact he has had on sociologists. This approach is in itself a tribute to Merton: an analysis of knowledge production through a contextualized review of an author's life-work – a quintessentially "Mertonian" enterprise.