SOCIOL 4EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blogosphere, Erich Segal, Exhibitionism
13 Oct 2015
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Sterne attempts in this article to reevaluate the current perceptions of mills" career and reputation, and argues that the firm, and at times bitter, dichotomy between administrative and critical sociology is not necessarily in the discipline"s best interest. Sterne also dispels myths about mills being a lonely scholar and. Academic superstar , asserting that much of his success is actually attributed to the help of research teams, despite what he said about himself towards the end of his career. Sterne outlines the various struggles in mills" time at columbia during his study with. Paul lazarsfeld as both men had very different views on interpreting data, ideology and methodology. Sterne argues that it is important to be critical of mills" view of himself and the claim that he completely rejected administrative research later in his career. Sterne identifies the various ways in which mills utilized research teams and quantitative analysis to publish pieces that appeared to be critical.
