Stalking Sociologists: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology
Autor Mike Forrest Keenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2003
This ground-breaking analysis history uses documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Keen argues that Hoover and the FBI marginalized sociologists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and C. Wright Mills, tried to suppress the development of a Marxist tradition in American sociology, and likely pushed the mainstream of the discipline away from a critique of American society and towards a more quantitative and scientific direction. He documents thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars dedicated to this project. Faculty members of various departments of sociology were recruited to inform on the activities of their colleagues and the American Sociological Association was a target of FBI surveillance. Keen turns sociology back upon the FBI, using the writings and ideas of the very sociologists Hoover investigated to examine and explain the excesses of the Bureau and its boss. The result is a significant contribution to the collective memory of American society as well as the accurate history of the sociological discipline.
"This ground-breaking book documents in meticulous detail decades of harassment and surveillance of major American sociologists by the FBI. The misuse of power...will outrage all Americans and raise significant professional issues within the social sciences."--Mary Jo Deegan, professor of sociology, University of Nebraska
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780765805638
ISBN-10: 0765805634
Pagini: 274
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0765805634
Pagini: 274
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction; 2: W.E.B. Du Bois: Sociologist beyond the Veil; 3: Ernest W. Burgess: Security Matter-C; 4: William Fielding Ogburn: Scientist, Statistician, Schizophrene; 5: Robert and Helen Lynd: From Middletown to Moronia; 6: E. Franklin Frazier: Enfant Terrible; 7: Pitirim A. Sorokin: Sociological Prophet in a Priestly Land; 8: No One above Suspicion: Talcott Parsons under Surveillance; 9: Testing a Concept: Herbert Blumer’s Loyalty; 10: Samuel Stouffer: Patriot and Practitioner; 11: Our Man in Havana: C. Wright Mills Talks, Yankee Listens; 12: The Crimefighter and the Criminologist: The Case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover; Conclusion
Descriere
Until recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America's premier crime-fighting organization