Screen LibraryHarvard's quixotic pursuit of a new science : the rise and fall of the department of social relations /
"Famed sociologist Talcott Parsons led some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century to establish a new department for an interdisciplinary science at Harvard. This is a fascinating instructive tale of hubris, ego, and academic politics overlaid on Parsons's obsessiv...
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Famed sociologist Talcott Parsons led some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century to establish a new department for an interdisciplinary science at Harvard. This is a fascinating instructive tale of hubris, ego, and academic politics overlaid on Parsons's obsessive quest for an all-encompassing theory of social behavior"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538168295 1538168294 9781538168288 1538168286 |
| Index Number: | HM577 |
| CLC: |
G649.712.8 C91-097.12 |
| Call Number: | C91-097.12/S353 |
| Contents: | Freud arrives at Harvard: disrupting the disciplines -- Word War II changes everything: interdisciplinary research emerges -- The founding of the department of social relations: a determined dean acts -- The first five years: a golden age but integration proves elusive -- The 1950s: a decade of disunity and disappointment -- The 1960s: drugs and departmental drift -- The final unraveling: soc rel 148-149 disrupts and sociology departs. |