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Social Thought and Research: Recent submissions
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AN INTERACTIONIST APPRAISAL OF IMPRESSION FORMATION: The "Central Trait" Hypothesis Revisited
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)This article examines the nature of first impressions from the interactionist perspective. A modified H. H. Kelley design (1950) of student-teacher interaction was employed with a sample of 195 college students. The fi ndi ... -
ELEGANCE, SANITY, AND ALIENATION
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THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE RECONSIDERED
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)The subject of this essay is the communicative function of ideas as a potential determinant of their meanings. -
PEIRCE, MEAD, AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF MEANING
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)This paper shows parallelisms between the philosophies of George H. Mead and Charles S. Peirce. Because they both view cognition from the social realist's perspective, they independently developed equivalent triadic theories ... -
FORMS AND "TYPES" IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: An Examination of the Generalizing Concepts of Mead and Schutz
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DIALECTICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)The discovery in neurology that the two sides of the brain think in distinct ways that are both opposed to each other and complementary might have consequences in a number of academic disciplines, and in philosophy and ... -
NOTES TOWARD A MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)This paper reviews two formulations of some structural aspects of knowledge systems. These two structural specifications of knowledge systems, by Judith Willer and by Norwood Russell Hanson, are then combined to suggest a ... -
THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE IN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY: ORIGINS, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUTURE
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)This paper examines the origins, development, and current status of the sociology of knowledge in American sociology. If a traditional and narrow definition of the sociology of knowledge is employed, few American studies ... -
Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 2 (FALL, 1972): Book Review
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THE FATE OF IDEOLOGY AND THE CRISIS OF MARXISM
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)Historically the concept of Ideology belongs to the recent past. The concept of Ideology is central to all genuine criticism of culture and society and is for this reason intimately associated with the Idea of Freedom. In ... -
FROM "LEGITIMACY" TO "LEGITIMATIONS"*
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)In this essay two conceptions of social order maintenance have been examined in the light of Mannheim's argument that concept use reveals the perspectivistic base of all knowledge. The perspectives from within which Weber ... -
Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 2 (FALL, 1972): Front Matter
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SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)The antagonism between the sociology of knowledge and standard research methods is examined in terms of the contemporary analysis of blue-collar workers. Qualitative methodology is suggested as a possible alternative to ... -
Traditionalism and the Idea of Progress: A Case for Ideological Mobilization in Communist China
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-04-01)Economic development is not a one-dimensional process whereby a country's productivity and Gross National Product increase, machines are substituted for men, and new products appear. Development is characterized by the ... -
Plea Bargaining and Plea Negotiation in the Judicial System
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-04-01)This paper analyzes plea bargaining and plea negotiation in the American judicial system. Plea bargaining refers to informal negotiations leading to an agreement under which the accused enters a plea of guilty in exchange ... -
Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 1 (SPRING, 1972): Book Review
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Critical Reflections on a Cognitive-Pysiological Theory of Emotion
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-04-01)This paper examines critically, and in some detail, that research which has been directed toward the development of a cognitive-physiological theory of emotion. It is observed that while interest in this area has been ... -
Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 1 (SPRING, 1972): Book Review
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Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 1 (SPRING, 1972): Front Matter
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Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 1 (SPRING, 1972): Book Review
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-04-01)