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'Een poging brokstukken van oplossingen in elkaar te passen.' De eerste vijf jaar van het Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift

Auteurs

  • Kuipers,Giselinde
  • Venrooij,Alex van

Trefwoorden:

Netherlands, Sociology, Journals, History of sociology, Sociological research, Scholarship

Samenvatting

'An Attempt to Fit Together Fragments of Solutions': The First Five Years of the Amsterdam Sociological Journal. The Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift (Amsterdam Sociological Journal, AST) was founded in 1974 by students and young lecturers within the sociology department of the University of Amsterdam, in the midst of what was considered the crisis of sociology. From the perspective of sociologists born around the time when the journal was founded, this article looks at the first five years of the AST, in which it evolved into a respected journal. In the editorial of the first issue, the pluriformity of sociology is identified as a problem: the editors announce that they aim to 'fit together fragments of solutions' for the crisis in sociology. In the first years, much space was devoted to reflexive sociology, theoretical debates, and articles on the history and philosophy of science. But gradually, the focus moved toward more empirical and historical studies in which the perspective of figurational sociology became more dominant. The AST is very much a product of the younger generation of sociologists: established sociology is occasionally attacked -- sometimes savagely -- but mostly ignored. The most striking difference between these young academics of the 1970s and the present generation of young sociologists, which seems to be characterized by a mixture of pragmatism and relativism, is the sense of urgency and relevance in their sociological writings: for the contributors to the AST, all sociology -- including the most theoretical varieties of Marxism and philosophy of science -- seemed to have direct social as well as personal relevance. 1 Table, 9 References. Adapted from the source document.

Biografieën auteurs

Kuipers,Giselinde

Venrooij,Alex van

Gepubliceerd

2004-12-01

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