芝加哥学派的经验主义研究及其启示

20世纪30年代芝加哥学派在学术界独树一帜,其经验主义取向也丰富了社会学研究的方法论基础。芝加哥学派经验主义研究有着深厚的欧洲社会调查的传统,它的出现满足了当时芝加哥城市发展的需要,并通过帕克、托马斯等学者的研究在美国本土得到蓬勃发展。以托马斯对波兰农民的经验研究为例,可以抽象出芝加哥学派经验主义研究的若干显著特征,这些特征的合理反思可以为中国当前的城市社会研究所用。

The Empirical Research of Chicago School of Sociology and its Enlightenment

Chicago School of sociology is outstanding and unique for its empirical research in the academic community during the 1930s.The empirical approach has enriched the basis of sociological research methodology.Chicago School of empirical research has deeply rooted in the tradition of the European social survey.The booming of urban studies in the United States proved that the empirical approach met the needs of urban development in Chicago at that time.Scholars such as Parker and Thomas played an important role...