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Public Intellectuals and the Sociology of Knowledge Series ers Dr Andes Hess, University College Dub, Ireland De Neil MeLaugilin, MeMaste University, Canada “The soilogy of kode his a ong nd inte his. ts frton has ivays boon tat of atemping to rie the panes ofthe dace ad ists onding father of oily ih hat of modem ster deine the dicipline tough the sala he enrgec, role nd acl unto of cs, weve since Manabi fst oto his rogram in he 192 the vacilogy of koowledge bs undergone many change. The Bel has become exe ‘trina some of Ws bs patton sow ail under ifn ag and fins their wosk under dierent headings. Tis nw sre hrs the pares ‘thas boon mae nent mes - despite th diferent ikl et tla Isr Cambs steno scalp of es hich sn galing stent ‘Noth Ameri, or the more European clea asi whch ama he rame of Borde, thi Series ams a in nce wil iano ‘tivng for ollie ight and excellence. Alo fen modem ater the stcaogy of knowledge, Das conceived ave oly ook form i they downplayed or disregard conn susince of asus or meaning TH sere wlllp ety his. Knowledge for Whom? Public Sociology in the Making lite by CHRISTIAN FLECK University of Grae Ausria ANDREAS HESS University College Dublin, Ireland ASHGATE ‘Allred No pt of ths peony be epi se a eal Spartan yy ah ee NS Chtin Fleck meds He eased i nse Cony Dens ‘Aste Publishing Lined Adegate Publishing Company oan Eat "Chey Sr a ing, oss Xosalape scot isk at on be Bh Li ‘The Lieary of Cogs "fail wh oi: hy in he ny Cn Pk Anns "NSTapsco.~ (uit ae egy we) sndeis Stiga ner ans “ EECA Seu 1 ng 2th tld te rine eto ftw: Isa orsaossisen ky Tsay ortamsysiy tea PDF ISBN ortar2ani15 ek PU) Prine United Kio y Hey Lin Lit, Contents sto Figaro Tbs « List of Contos, roti: Publi Sociology inthe Maing 1 Christan Fac and dart Hee PARTI PUBLICINTELLECTUALS AND THEIR AFTERLIVES: ‘BIOGRAPHIES, REPUTATION-BUILDING AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES, | Bogapy inthe Sci Seances: The Cas of Maes Maus » Maret Fourier 2 Making Sem of avid Cv: An Ata 0 “rss tbe Academic Boundaries of he Scio of ewan Intl History ” Anda Hess 3 Schl Paling Projet in the Gret Depo: ‘he Works of GH Mead an he Payne Fund Stes ” Doni Hho 4 Psychology and Socio inthe Lat 19 Centar French nla Felt The Cae ofthe eve ineratonal de Selo o Marla Cristina Corot 5 From Communicative Memory to Nonistary —Cesh and Pol Natives of Soclogys Past » ‘arto Kile PARTI SERVING THE PUBLIC OR SERVING THE STAT ‘TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL ANDSSTATH-RELATED HISTORIES 6 Reseuch For Whom? Changing Coreen of Dscpinty fake American University 1 Dent Gorden Chapter 11 Blurring the Boundary Line: The Origins and Fate of Robert Bellah’s Symbolic Realism Matteo Bertin Anibpover ‘Whats apresiive mat eviews of Rar N. Bla’ nga opus — ‘align n Huma Eon, 0 O0-pge ow fret te Paeliie © the Axil Age, —regnize hima one of the mos infu scl of he ‘ett cer ie Beh 201: Martin 201; Wolfe 201). Bla’ record was by ny meas, impressive his fs major ook, oka iin, {etl im pit ar moe than 50 yer, abd a last Dee of is puto Ch Religion a Ames” “Religious Elune ls cowie 1988 esuele, Haber of the Heart have become station dass (Bell 1957; ‘Bell Bota Beta 196; Balu e a 1985 He was loa recoil pubic neta spain on eduction igus, and palit mates aswell a an apreiedpreacher (Belah a Tipen 2000) Silla with ryt, Belasco joumey camo be duc to sat cb we Tce eit leat ne jr phe oi ioe ‘which aint en fort, on nwo aval soe ol ies abot the way relison sold be concopulized an sted by the social scence. A ‘tent of Talo Pass, Beh made bis bu in th 195052 nena {erst anda spc ny Japanese religion waking sarcy wt he Sn imeworks of fnstinain and rndemiztiontheary (Bort 200). Ae fch, he segue scents pontin in the elé of sce of religion, and ‘a gensnly recinized ar one of is most porn yea ier HS TA von oh cher wes wit we | waving low egret of Sc t Hana Ue 209) Draped a 1 Sec Soca ug Nays Bran Unrty (apt S00 erat Sad Sone Pi. Unie of isn one 200) al th 1 [CUS try Coke fe abn ane 012) wel eo ee Mh Le ‘Nene Asean fr he hsp an ey Altra ob Bel Chis ‘sont Done ln Go, Vi, Semel Poe asi Ron, lp Sl Pr Wie forte comms 216 oa Dhan? codec afiiaion wo Haran: Depart of Socal Reins wa ce sn Sf daiptnary eminence. 151067 Balk movado the Uvesiyof Calor Here. and biswrtngs ‘ook atl yn He sanded Pus concepal oleate deep nh he led ymca ston Hermeneutic approach othe sy of ‘eign acoring to wich eligios sls areas gener, ree vay of ‘ping the ulna condone of amar exience For at esa, Bela ‘Septvedsyrbok reais a a at of pois, onfrares tod Ste, ‘Then, qute unexpeciey, he almost campy stopped Tsing and wring thowt i and foci on er suds of ese, cating the pest Wich ‘ently rodoed Hale of te art Thy yas ne sf otha Symbolism ditch, ander Bela suing to work on 4 dori the 1985 — when spew “ell” wave foe American sig) (lerander 205; rican and Ma 204) conte avin "th chapter o explain he isan ate of symbole els in| ‘he emugene, developmen, and dis of eutural ajo is nesoay to uke imo acount bath th les wihin wich thy were devil andthe ‘arn aimee 10 which hey were dese. In tie word andrstnd ‘heroes and feof Bella's symbole reli one soul ok a hela follies within which it ener, be dip sce abd es ‘itn whieh ta developed a ast bot ot les he peromatve apes of The represetation fies within dle phos of nly (Cami nd ros 20: Came, Gros ané Laon 2011. My fet agt Bella's move fo seni to symbian the sbigrphiclintedating ois 170 calcon af ey eso Bei Beth (197, px) dsr is seca shia the esl os peso ‘oypus oro einueneofte 1 90scoutrutreaot hsdsonment ‘ith Ameri politcal cmp! lla’ acc, wich pod wth lngct of poiea and socal changer ov hi tle slfcancpe, showing thats els alo was pan pel ofa wie dil vamp Inthe mi-190s, anew gestion ef sialarty-psiional solos of religion among whom Belth, Thoms Lckann, and Pater L. Bene wee ‘he mos vile began 6 serosyqucon the states ftir dpe a 2 ‘ranch of sei novi’ devote the explanation of oherabe ant ‘eae eins phenomena Together wi hie coterpors in ua {rope they created am lea space importing here ess a 1 Sex for campe te at tein ymin gen in av Yri’s ne Ny Beli ne pa oR nt ee sn wheres hes Uli Fence prise kl cn oo Bring Brana ine 20 rethdlogs tol fom the humaies,efccinuly sting an inepstie| terion facil scene Mysccond gil isto exphin the ite of symbolic reine among int ‘esos ofthe ieee paradigm caepeti oily within he new space ‘oF dheourse Among tse, Berger's phenamesolgi appach proved o be tno plate to seilogiss of lg tan Hels synol elm. Given the te and thee anersanding of Artic sil frig othe 197%, Bere postion war more conning tan Hotes wo ces ‘nthe one baa Beer ith then egning theories of sulin thn Belk undersanding of ign on thc ther and, was ne reetal oe ‘nl boundny-work soclogss ha made esblsh dciptiny canopy ‘hich ley diferente th siete ear fe hiram ain af ‘eligion. In ther words, exe's apach allowed secon of eligi wo ‘hiner orion and tats vrs he wider ecb fd, wheres ‘Bella's symbol aim was tore axel Unlike Bela (1971 232) eer sop felon were gute dof “lng Bound Iine ‘akc the st of thle 1980 1960 sth est place fo en lel Analysis: American Sollogy of Reign, 1920-0770 Although he mex progressive currents fey Ammrisn sicily ha ty Come hm eli cele the soilogy of ligion never oud cea Poston wine el aly ett cenary tet iret schol emi ram ante Presta hurts who though al oc cen cold tense in sling th pastoral robles (Sts 189: Rood 1981) Wis the demise of he Social Gospel movetont the soil ligion lst et ‘ofits pits and enced Would pro in spit of he many epi Froects complet by rclizoas-founde esearch Insti the 1920s and 1930s among secular scalp twas consis 9 ly sone with is confessional rots (Reed 1082) Arn real in the Flowing cade se Hofesionl socets Were crated to srngten the sid The American Catholic Socclopeal Sockty (1938) andthe Religious Research Anon (951) aimed wo epinat the practices of denominator esearce, wae the Soci for te Sete Stay of Religion (14) aime wae the ini stands of rcnogcl esearch onreigin an Faith ecu beeen Academic anf “reipous sols (Rss 197, Hodder 1974 Newman 1974, Mabe 200). spt of the cfrent tng pny, he asin were sine fallow sae phos sao a lange moved wad ets and tics ding he pos peri "he 1980s were a met ef aor sete developments into owt forthe Areca sos scenes (Seer and Divs 196, Abou and Syaow 2007) As a ente and a consquece of sco’ letimon se ioc", = general hough ve osm hace fe feerk a 8 Kiowa fr om? ew meth ad ols wee devised o mae sre tht the sail cence wouk! tally ech the predictive pover of tc tad scenes Stenmetz 2007: lame 2012) Avalos of sodologilpubaton sow "x pterence for emp oxy a apt cry, & stony interes in soil pacoloiel sts, a ‘im abiding commieent to qunicaton and staisical aml" (Brown nd Gin 196 288, “This rnd of sciology had mined fc onthe sic of the scaly of reign, In gone survey plished in 1970 ames L MeCarney (197033) nt th at ston ar, the soley of eligi, hs expanded despite the Tow use of tiie and iti por. Tis sco, howeve was no matched tyra concent expansion of resench fnding othe oping of potions (Gosche and Dave 1989-17-51; Lavendet and Comes 1972). ft he Sociology of religion wat having 3 har ime pojting sh afro ae of ise i eon cede were sl ncerain an the acon of ig ero eligious poses hangs swordof Docs oer tse (Wibe 1990) This ambigvoscoofon pst socolgie of religion to engage plc Bounday-work Gi 999) ono Hon: der roe apd ain ‘ered cans hey ly embrace cer and posi, limiting ‘ny elo betwen he sda asta slog. the oe se, an srngthoning sn enocing the bad between the “ti tnd the “humanistic” sty eign onthe er Dating the 1930-1970 pera rary eomnonflmevork emerged for imerptng he post und share view fe ocelogy of ligon ave uly scenic ballon thee main rips ~erpicom, bet, at “pstemic modesty ~etsed Sociol of reli preset Tht sabe rach of wecilogy somite the sty of religous bah according tothe pips ofthe scene mend (Notinghan 1954; Seid 1964} Big gosions aout he orto the rth of lipo shouldbe ant favor of more unpecteous ad cicarsribed Gevertion, meant nd Inf, peictons of obseabl eligosphenomens (un 958, Dementh nd Hammond 1969) The we of empire mato wa ned as acral mart ‘© diingsish the stcioogy of relgon fom piloupy aad tetogy. Most hols dev a disintion batwec te bjt inpenerl meth rope Seine tay of religion nd te “beste penal agents pi of ‘he tui he scat af eligon bowed “as huh he] isl exist and wl ths Slaton wae rece «ict goal, in Price thre was bl the atten of fly impersonal obesity [Winge 1951; Sear? 1970) When contd with the uk of defn tet beer stence sociologists reign ere caret vod copys arial Si th peri io Be able explain aay tha obj of say ar = Proton finer lings til pater, economic ucts, See" at ‘Sout Nero 1962). Ths estan mest would faite Bah the see Study feign an inet exchanges with ther dines. arin she dary Line a0 From Systems to Symbols: Hellas Methodological Shit Robot Bellsh mde his Sb 8 sci of religion in he i195 and Son ca oosapy acetal poston within he el, hanks ois theres elds nd hi cle ations with Tao Pans vital theo major sscioigit Wo ive sa steton to the problem of regi” (Lene 1975 96 m5; Jhon 1977) is 19T bok, Tok Rein reproduced th PAD ‘aeration in Soil and Fur Eastern Langnge be wrote er the pidance ff Fasoas and aha Pee, a work aimed to extend Webs’ Proeant ei esiso one of te ain cae ot oho upon hy the German soils the pment of the dine ttn mse up ad apd emer of Ind Jp. Ae Deh wecale same year eh rte Beale ame in he al TPS, when Paros preset a earl version ofthe Ft fiction or AGI paradigm hoe ol bse 0 the pricy oF ‘actions ove stature td processes (Bela 1964, Alexanie 1987) Bel ted connec! version of the AGIL pati to compare he reatetips ‘econ capi and apes “pls” vale, Ameren “conomia td Chine integrate al Routh a the ane tne, he sed the fur fuction pri vo bul & eral malic scheme fr he sptemai stay of clon, ined a oii ‘esis cllat sedan eomarble emp a Following Parsins's ‘ed, Beli (1955) considered eign asthe ost abst tye ofthe fulton, two man fut eng the manennce of meaning tee {nd the management of esions, Wheres te model nas nendo tbe ol oe the empincalrscacher nd ne gene accuse cone aps Ison deren apc of eli scton, symbols and itstatons, Blas oncepualstion as med a rrining the unetsanling fe elaonship Ieeon moder sod tonal scetes scoring to Pass ftom ay ara osbsyr which fete Talli the fntone of pat Iinetance and texsion-mangement might work as lipo” I tains signs ould not eiverthe ooo symbol, pate, an ittatons woul ho proved they were elevate 3 scr sain ee, etary red tthe peeily of claritin, Oter theme pepe era epi ‘chewed technic ago in vor os more dina anguge a abana ‘cat the same general sche (Bella 1988; Bell 0) Te the mi-1965, Bel foeased on the reatoship tet eeaing| systems an thei eee his main metodo! problem being ow 1 ‘uel inpe lg sy nore oot te owe ea” InTransendence in Caiemporary Pt he arly fc om yas of re frmioiogy” tinier witout empire refried, ei. Nothingness o Life Accoring lo Ball (196-202) thse lintels ‘ould be pred as elon deviesincaded wo ovecone the eebtomies fei conceptalzation and "bg together the coberence ofthe whole pees” This dvelpmet in bis estnding feign symbols ale Kone Whom? for amore inert and exible matador,» dep hermeneutic apenas void of any deipiny orion Whee inet works Bala Bad ‘ippn te necesito» dapue been soil see an holog. it 1968 he wee thats absolute span was “ings Uy wee pa fas nll universe” fd: 20). Searing scce> fom helo ily peed onect ndestnding of ign. "hime wa i fi force pic expt ofthe ew ins, which ad tw best forth in font of property eons mance nore to rach ie Fal impact (se Caine 1998; Cost 2012) jpn session ofthe Soci) foe the Scie Stadyof Religion th Amecan Acad of Religion bel ‘Sind Thee, Harvard Unversity on 28 October 1969, proved to ete iht ‘enue fr Bell's petrmance. Following an intatn by Same Z Klas {G97 10.1) Bella and Werer Sta enoveodt Sc therlonsip ‘een scene and hummisic apache othe sty frei, Sk (1970 Tr3}provostely sige it test pre cndon for scores enetaning of regio phenomena wat "a revelry at” sans moder pat ‘mechani? Beiah acd bth te srl van ofthe seta aod the redone rationalism of Elighenmeotingprd soa sen, which ‘onside a peje of sone unde eal supped be “nore fal” Bn flo ist. He proposed to Feve oth perspectives bind and ‘Src freer red symbole aim’ wich conde caus ‘Symbols ar conti hua peso a aie” snd hs "eal he

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