Living Sociology: On Being in the World One Studies

Living sociology refers to the life of sociology, seen as a field competing scientific research programs. The dynamism each program requires, on one hand, engaging internal contradictions and external anomalies and, other extended dialogue among programs themselves. also sociologists they participate in society study. My understanding these two dimensions reflexive science—the hermeneutic—developed through interaction teaching research. I trace way learned case method Zambia reformulated it collaborations with students at Berkeley, arriving idea program. show how tried contribute Marxist by wrestling that sprung from my experiences working factories United States, Hungary, Russia. Finally, describe social theory led me conversations structural functionalism work Pierre Bourdieu well prefiguring an conversation between W.E.B. Du Bois sociological canon.