Dutch sociography, S. Steinmetz's/J. Krujit's cross-cultural comparisons
Samenvatting
The long-standing tradition of empirical research in Dutch sociology, best exemplified by the Amsterdam school, has eclipsed certain other achievements in Dutch sociology, such as the two described here. S. Steinmetz recognized the crucial role of cross-cultural comparisons in the social sciences, & advocated the organization of cross-cultural findings into data matrices that would force negative cases to the attention of theorists (Gesammelte Kleinere Schriften zur Ethnologie und Soziologie. Band III [Collected Essays on Ethnology and Sociology. Vol. III], Groningen: Batavia, 1935). J. Krujit, following similar guidelines, tested the Marxist idea that capitalism generates socialist movements that work against religion (De onkerkelijkheid in Nederland. Haar verspreiding en oorzaken [Unecclesiasticality in the Netherlands. Spread and Causes], Amsterdam, 1933), & found that, in the Netherlands, the reverse was true: deconfessionalization was the original source of socialist movements. Krujit also noted that serious SC struggle began in the nineteenth century not in the centers of industry, but in the peripheral agrarian areas of the North. 23 References. Modified HA
