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^. 1920s in sociology ^.

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^. Western fashion The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1920s.

1920

Morris Ginsberg Morris Ginsberg FBA (14 May 1889 – 31 August 1970) was a British sociologist, who played a key role in the development of the discipline. He served as editor of ''The Sociological Review'' in the 1930s and later became the founding chairma ...

's ''

The Psychology of Society ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'' is published. * Robert Lowie's ''

Primitive Society ''Primitive Culture'' is an 1871 book by Edward Burnett Tylor. In his book, Tylor debates the relationship between "primitive" societies, and "civilized" societies, a key theme in 19th century anthropological literature. Evolutionism Tylor's w ...

'' is published. * György Lukács' '' The Theory of the Novel'' is published. * Walter Benjamin's '' Theological-Political Fragment'' is written.

1921

James Bryce James Bryce may refer to: *James Bryce (geologist) (1806–1877), Irish naturalist and geologist * James Bryce (footballer) (1884–1916), Scottish footballer *James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838–1922), British jurist, historian and politician ...

's '' Modern Democracies'' is published. * Sigmund Freud's ''

Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...

'' is published. *

Robert E. Park Robert Ezra Park (February 14, 1864 – February 7, 1944) was an American urban sociologist who is considered to be one of the most influential figures in early U.S. sociology. Park was a pioneer in the field of sociology, changing it from a pas ...

's and

Ernest Burgess Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was a Canadian-American urban sociologist born in Tilbury, Ontario. He was educated at Kingfisher College in Oklahoma and continued graduate studies in sociology at the University of C ...

's '' The Science of Sociology'' is published. *

Alfred Radcliffe-Brown Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, FBA (born Alfred Reginald Brown; 17 January 1881 – 24 October 1955) was an English social anthropologist who helped further develop the theory of structural functionalism. Biography Alfred Reginald Radcli ...

's ''

The Andaman Islanders The Andamanese are the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, part of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal in Southeast Asia. The Andamanese peoples are among the various gr ...

'' is published. * R.H. Tawney's ''

The Acquisitive Society ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

'' is published. *

Max Weber Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist and political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. His ideas profo ...

's '' The City'' is published. *

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrians, Austrian-British people, British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy o ...

's '' Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'' is published. * Edward C. Hayes serves as president of the

ASA ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal ar ...

. *

National Council for the Social Studies The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is a U.S.-based association devoted to supporting social studies education. It is affiliated with various regional or state level social studies associations, including: the Middle States Council ...

is founded

1922

* Lucien Lévy-Bruhl's '' Primitive Mentality'' is published. *

Alexander Carr-Saunders Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, (14 January 1886 – 6 October 1966) was an English biologist, sociologist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Director of the London School of Economics from 1937 to 1957. Early life Carr-Saunder ...

' '' The Population Problem'' is published. *

Franklin Giddings Franklin Henry Giddings (March 23, 1855 – June 11, 1931) was an American sociologist and economist. Biography Giddings was born at Sherman, Connecticut. He graduated from Union College (1877). For ten years he wrote items for the Springf ...

' '' Studies in the Theory of Human Society'' is published. *

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, FBA (8 September 1864 – 21 June 1929) was an English liberal political theorist and sociologist, who has been considered one of the leading and earliest proponents of social liberalism. His works, culminating in ...

's '' Elements of Social Justice'' is published. *

Bronisław Malinowski Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish-British anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropol ...

's ''

Argonauts of the Western Pacific ''Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea'' is a 1922 ethnological work by Bronisław Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The bo ...

'' is published. * Robert Park's '' The Immigrant Press and Its Control'' is published. *

Ferdinand Tönnies Ferdinand Tönnies (; 26 July 1855 – 9 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for distinguishing between two types of social gro ...

' '' Kritik der öffentlichen Meinung'' (''On Public Opinion'') is published. *

's '' Economy and Society'' is published in two volumes (edited by Marianne Weber). *

's ''

Science as a Vocation ''Science as a Vocation'' (German: ''Wissenschaft als Beruf'') is the text of a lecture given in 1917 at Munich University by Germany, German sociologist and political economist Max Weber. The original version was published in German, but at lea ...

'' is published. * James P. Lichtenberg serves as president of the

American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology. Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fif ...

. *

Howard W. Odum Howard Washington Odum (May 24, 1884 – November 8, 1954) was an American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore. Beginning in 1920, he served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina, founding ...

founds the Journal of Social Forces

Births

*March 18: Seymour Martin Lipset *June 11:

Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociology, sociologist, Social psychology (sociology), social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth ...

1923

* Nels Anderson's and the Council of Social Agencies of Chicago's ''

The Hobo ''The Hobo'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy. It is a shameless copy of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 film The Tramp with West copying Chaplin's tramp outfit down to the last detail. Plot Harold sits in a ...

'' is published. *

Victor Branford Victor Branford (25 September 1863 – 22 June 1930) was a British sociologist. He was the founder of the Sociological Society and was made an Honorary member of the American Sociological Society, now the American Sociological Association. Li ...

's '' Science and sanctity : a study in the scientific approach to unity'' is published. * Georg Lukács' ''

History and Class Consciousness ''History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics'' (german: Geschichte und Klassenbewußtsein – Studien über marxistische Dialektik) is a 1923 book by the Hungarian philosopher György Lukács, in which the author re-emphasizes ...

'' is published. * George Herbert Mead's '' Scientific Method and the Moral Sciences'' is published. *

William F. Ogburn William Fielding Ogburn (June 29, 1886 – April 27, 1959) was an American sociologist who was born in Butler, Georgia and died in Tallahassee, Florida. He was also a statistician and an educator. Ogburn received his B.A. degree from Mercer Un ...

's '' Social Change With Respect to Culture and Original Nature'' is published. *

W. I. Thomas William Isaac Thomas (August 13, 1863 – December 5, 1947) was an American sociologist, understood today as a key figure behind the theory of symbolic interactionism. Collaborating with Polish sociologist Florian Znaniecki, Thomas developed and ...

's '' The Unadjusted Girl'' is published. *

's ''

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'' is published. * Ulysses G. Weatherly serves as president of the

. *Founding of the Social Sciences Research Council

Deaths

*August 19: Vilfredo Pareto

1924

' '' The Scientific Study of Human Society'' is published. *

's '' Social Development: Its nature and companions'' is published. * George Herbert Mead's '' The Genesis of the Self and Social Control'' is published. *

Helmuth Plessner Helmuth Plessner (4 September 1892, Wiesbaden – 12 June 1985, Göttingen) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a primary advocate of "philosophical anthropology". Life & career Plessner had an itinerant education in Germany between ...

's '' Limits of Community: A Critique of Social Radiclaism'' is published. *

Albion Small Albion Woodbury Small (May 11, 1854 – March 24, 1926) founded the first independent Department of Sociology in the United States at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1892. He was influential in the establishment of sociology as ...

's '' Origins of Sociology'' is published. *

Max Scheler Max Ferdinand Scheler (; 22 August 1874 – 19 May 1928) was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. Considered in his lifetime one of the most prominent German philosophers,Davis, Zachar ...

's '' Essays Toward a Sociology of Knowledge'' is published. *

Charles A. Ellwood Charles Abram Ellwood (January 20, 1873 near Ogdensburg, New York – September 25, 1946) was one of the leading American sociologists of the interwar period, studying intolerance, communication and revolutions and using many multidisciplinary me ...

serves as president of the

Births

*August 10: Jean-François Lyotard

1925

Alfred Louis Kroeber Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876 – October 5, 1960) was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia. He was also the first ...

's '' Handbook of the Indians of California'' is published. * Marcel Mauss' '' The Gift'' is published. * Robert Ezra Park's '' The City'' is published. * Pitirim Sorokin's '' The Sociology of Revolution'' is published.

1926

* Hans Freyer's '' Belief, Style and The State'' is published. * Bronislaw Malinowski's ''

Crime and Custom in Savage Society ''Crime and Custom in Savage Society'' is a 1926 book by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski. The book is considered a seminal work in legal anthropology Legal anthropology, also known as the anthropology of laws, is a sub-discipline of anthro ...

'' is published. *

's '' Sociology of Knowledge'' is published. *

R. H. Tawney Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist,Noel W. Thompson. ''Political economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005''. 2nd e ...

's ''

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist,Noel W. Thompson. ''Political economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005''. 2nd e ...

'' is published. *

' '' Property'' is published.

1927

Franz Boas Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical ...

' '' Primitive Art'' is published. *

' '' The Social Structure of England and Wales'' is published. * Sigmund Freud's ''

The Future of An Illusion ''The Future of an Illusion'' (german: Die Zukunft einer Illusion) is a 1927 work by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which Freud discusses religion's origins, development, and its future. He provides a psychoanalysis of religion, ...

'' is published. *

Robert H. Lowie Robert Harry Lowie (born '; June 12, 1883 – September 21, 1957) was an Austrian-born American anthropologist. An expert on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology and has been described as ...

's ''

Origins of the State A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "stat ...

'' is published. * Bronislaw Malinowski's ''

Sex and Repression in Savage Society ''Sex and Repression in Savage Society'' is a 1927 book by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski. It is considered "a famous critique of psychoanalysis, arguing that the 'Oedipus complex' described by Freud is not universal."Connell, R. W. (200 ...

'' is published. *

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

's '' Being and Time'' is published. * Pitirim Sorokin's ''

Social Mobility Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society. It is a change in social status relative to one's current social location within a given society ...

'' is published. * William Sumner's and Andrew Kellner's '' The Science of Society'' is published. *

serves as president of the

Births

*December 8: Niklas Luhmann

1928

* Melville Jean Herskovits' '' The American Negro'' is published. *

Robert Morrison MacIver Robert Morrison MacIver (April 17, 1882 – June 15, 1970) was a sociologist. Early life and family Robert Morrison MacIver was born in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland on April 17, 1882, to Donald MacIver, a general merchant and tweed manu ...

's ''Community'' is published. * Karl Mannheim's '' Essays on the Sociology of Knowledge'' is published. * Margaret Mead's '' Coming of Age in Samoa'' is published. *

's ''

'' is published. * Louis Wirth's '' The Ghetto'' is published.

1929

* Hans Freyer's '' Sociology as a Science of Reality'' is published. *

Helen Merrell Lynd Helen Merrell Lynd (March 17, 1896 – January 30, 1982) was an American sociologist, social philosopher, educator, and author. She is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with her husband, Robert Stau ...

's and

Robert Staughton Lynd Robert Staughton Lynd (September 26, 1892 – November 1, 1970) was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. He is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with his wife, Hel ...

's '' Middletown: A study in Contemporary American Culture'' is published. * Bronislaw Malinowski's '' The Sexual Life of Savages'' is published. * Karl Mannheim's ''

Ideology and Utopia Karl Mannheim (born Károly Manheim, 27 March 1893 – 9 January 1947) was an influential Hungarian sociologist during the first half of the 20th century. He is a key figure in classical sociology, as well as one of the founders of the sociolo ...

'' is published. *

Marc Bloch Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; ; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France ov ...

and

Lucien Febvre Lucien Paul Victor Febvre (, ; 22 July 1878 – 11 September 1956) was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He was the initial editor of the ''Encyclopédie française'' together wit ...

found the Annales School in Strasbourg. *

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