Charles A. Ellwood and the End of Sociology |
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Authors: | David G LoConto |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Social Work, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA |
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Abstract: | Charles A. Ellwood was one of the larger than life figures of early American sociology. Into the 1930s he was recognized as
the ‘father’ of sociological social psychology. His work theoretically and methodologically paved the way for Symbolic Interactionism.
He also saw sociology as a means to an end, that is, to make the world a better place. True sociology could only be thought
of in that light. By the 1920s however, sociology was changing. The advent of scientism and statistics amplified factions
within the disipline. William F. Ogburn and his students began to push sociology away from the ideas of people such as Ellwood,
Ross, Small and many of the early American sociologists. By 1930 a full scale battle was ensuing which Ellwood would lose.
The following is an account of Ellwood’s fight with scientism through his publications and correspondence. |
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