Harvard's quixotic pursuit of a new science : the rise and fall of the department of social relations / Patrick L. Schmidt.
| Author/creator | Schmidt, Patrick L. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] |
| Description | xiv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Schmidt, Patrick L. Harvard's quixotic pursuit of a new science Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] 9781538168301 |
| LCCN | 2022001700 |
| ISBN | 9781538168295 |
| ISBN | 9781538168288 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1538168286 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1538168294 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |