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SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ETHICS AT HARVARD: THE DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ETHICS AT HARVARD: THE DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ETHICS AT HARVARD: THE DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LAWRENCE T. NICHOLS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (RETIRED) CHEIRON VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, JULY 2020 THEMES LINKS BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL ETHICS AND SOCIAL WORK
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THEMES
LINKS BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL
ETHICS AND SOCIAL WORK
POLICY CHOICES RE THE SHAPE OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE AT HARVARD
“THE ROAD NOT TAKEN” THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL ETHICS
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HARVARD, CIRCA 1890
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PRESIDENT CHARLES W. ELIOT 1869-1909
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SOCIAL ETHICS: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS
;--THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL GOSPEL
--SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL POLICY --AMELIORATION
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HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL CIRCA 1880
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ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGY
THE DEPARTMENT THAT BECAME
SOCIOLOGY AT HARVARD HAD ROOTS IN THE UNIVERSITY’S RELIGIOUS TRADITION
ESPECIALLY TEACHINGS ON MORALITY
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- REV. FRANCIS G. PEABODY
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SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT
F. G. PEABODY WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN
THE SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
PITIRIM SOROKIN WOULD LATER SAY THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY “CONSIDERS ITSELF TO HAVE BEEN FOUNDED BY PROFESSOR PEABODY”
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PEABODY AND SOCIAL GOSPEL
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PEABODY: SAINTS
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ALFRED TREDWAY WHITE
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- A. T. WHITE
NYC HOUSING DEVELOPER PHILANTHROPIST MAJOR DONOR TO SOCIAL ETHICS FUNDING OF EMERSON HALL FUNDING OF FACULTY SALARIES
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EMERSON HALL
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EMERSON HALL
HOME OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL
ETHICS
FIRST HOME OF SOCIOLOGY
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JAMES FORD 1884-1944
--CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT --HOUSING PROBLEMS
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JAMES FORD
MAJOR FIGURE IN SOCIAL ETHICS,
FOLLOWING PEABODY’S RETIREMENT
TAUGHT SOCIAL PROBLEMS & SOCIAL
POLICY; COMMUNITY; MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES
MENTOR TO GORDON W. ALLPORT PROPOSED DEPT OF SOC & SOC ETHICS
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ROBERT F. FOERSTER 1883-1941
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SOCIOLOGY: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS
--THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE MOVEMENT --THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY --HERBERT SPENCER’S APPROACH; EVOLUTION --ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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EDWARD CUMMINGS
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EDWARD CUMMINGS
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, IN
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, LATER ECONOMICS
PUBLISHED ON SETTLEMENT HOUSES,
POVERTY RELIEF
FATHER OF POET, E. E. CUMMINGS
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FRANK WILLIAM TAUSSIG
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- F. W. TAUSSIG
A MAJOR FIGURE IN ECONOMICS EXPERT ON TARIFFS FAVORED HIRING EDWARD A. ROSS AS
SOCIOLOGIST, CIRCA 1900
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EDWARD A. ROSS
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- E. A. ROSS
PROMINENT SOCIOLOGIST IN PROGRESSIVE
ERA
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST CONCEPT OF “SOCIAL CONTROL” CONTRIBUTED TO FIELD OF WHITE COLLAR
CRIME
CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION
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THOMAS NIXON CARVER
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- T. N. CARVER
HIRED AS ECONOMIST-SOCIOLOGIST INFLUENCED BY SPENCER, DARWIN LOBBIED FOR EXPANSION OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
INSTRUMENTAL IN HIRING OF SOROKIN
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- T. N. CARVER QUOTE
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THE SOCIAL WORK CONNECTION: HARVARD AND SIMMONS
--THE BOSTON SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS --COLLABORATION 1904-1916
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SIMMONS COLLEGE, BOSTON
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CARL CHRISTIAN CARSTENS
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JEFFREY R. BRACKETT
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ABBOTT LAWRENCE LOWELL
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A.L. LOWELL
PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY ON GOVT OF ENGLAND PRESIDENT OF HARVARD, 1909-1933 CRITICAL OF THE SOCIAL ETHICS
DEPARTMENT
DECISION TO DEVELOP SOCIOLOGY HIRED PITIRIM SOROKIN
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SOCIAL ETHICS: THE CABOT REVIVAL, 1920-1931
--CHARACTER --CASE METHOD --TRAINING FOR SOCIAL SERVICE
ADMINISTRATION
--SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL POLIC --AMELIORATION
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- DR. RICHARD CLARKE CABOT
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- R. C. CABOT
CARDIOLOGIST FOUNDED 1ST DEPT OF MEDICAL SOCIAL
SERVICE, AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
A LEADING FIGURE IN SOCIAL WORK
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
PERSONAL SYSTEM OF UNITARIAN ETHICS PROPOSED DEPT OF SOC & SOC ETHICS
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CABOT: SOCIAL SERVICE
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CABOT: LOVE
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CABOT: CHRISTIANITY AND SEX
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JAMES FORD: BETTER HOMES IN AMERICA
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GORDON W. ALLPORT
--INSTRUCTOR IN SOCIAL ETHICS, 1924-1926 --COURSE: SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL
POLICY
--COURSE: PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL
AMELIORATION
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SHELDON & ELEANOR GLUECK
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PAUL J. W. PIGORS
--B.S., HARVARD 1924; PH.D. 1927 --”GEISTESWISSENSCHAFT” --CASE STUDY METHOD --INSTRUCTOR IN SOCIAL ETHICS --PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, MIT
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POLICY SHIFT: THE SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY
--NATURAL SCIENCE MODEL --SEEKING LEGITIMACY
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PITIRIM A. SOROKIN
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- P. A. SOROKIN
A LEADING SOCIOLOGIST IN RUSSIA BANISHED BY SOVIET GOVERNMENT U OF MINNESOTA 1924-1930 FIRST FULL PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT
HARVARD
FIRST CHAIR, DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY
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SOROKIN: “THEORIES”
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CARLE C. ZIMMERMAN
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SOROKIN,ZIMMERMAN, GALPIN: RURAL SOURCEBOOK
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TALCOTT PARSONS
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PARSONS: “SOCIAL ACTION”
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PARSONS ET AL: FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
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ROBERT K. MERTON
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MERTON: SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE
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- R. K. MERTON
MOST PROMINENT GRADUATE OF
SOCIOLOGY DEPT
TA, RESEARCH ASSISTANT, COAUTHOR WITH
SOROKIN; INFLUENCED BY PARSONS
APPLIED “PROTESTANT ETHIC” THEORY TO
DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE
SOME 1930S PUBS STILL CITED
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LAWRENCE J. HENDERSON
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- L. J. HENDERSON
PHYSIOLOGIST; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM IN
THE BLOOD
BECAME DEVOTEE OF V. PARETO MENTOR OF GEORGE C. HOMANS IMPORTANT SUPPORTER OF
ADVANCEMENT OF PARSONS
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GEORGE C. HOMANS
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HOMANS/CURTIS: PARETO
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- G. C. HOMANS
ENGLISH MAJOR; ASPIRING WRITER BROUGHT INTO SOCIOLOGY BY
HENDERSON
SOCIAL PSYCH; SMALL GROUPS OPPONENT OF PARSONS CHAIR OF SOCIOLOGY, 1970
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PRESIDENT JAMES B. CONANT
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- J. B. CONANT
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH CHEMIST “HARD SCIENCE” VIEW; DOUBTS ABOUT
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TRIED TO MAKE HARVARD INTO WORLD’S
BEST RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
INVOLVED IN MANHATTAN PROJECT THAT
DEVELOPED ATOMIC BOMB
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CONANT: AUTOBIO
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SOCIAL ETHICS: LATER DEVELOPMENTS
--ALTRUISM; LOVE --OVERCOMING PREJUDICE --CHILD SAVING --COMBATTING RACISM --SEXUAL MORALITY --CRIMES OF GOVERNMENTS
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SOROKIN: MORAL CRISIS
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- P. A. SOROKIN
TURNED AWAY FROM “HARD SCIENCE”
VIEW AT TIME OF HIRING
ANALYZED HISTORICAL DRAMA, VIOLENCE,
WARFARE, SOCIO-CULTURAL CRISIS
HARSH CRITIC OF SOCIOLOGY SEEN AS PROPHETIC FIGURE WHO
ABANDONED SCIENCE TO BECOME APOSTLE OF LOVE
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ALLPORT: SCAPEGOATING
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ALLPORT/POSTMAN: RUMOR
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- G. W. ALLPORT
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR IN SOCIAL
ETHICS
BEGAN DOING “PUBLIC SOCIAL SCIENCE”
IN 1940S
BEST KNOWN FOR WORK ON PREJUDICE LOBBIED FOR REVIVAL OF SOCIAL ETHICS
TRADITION AT HARVARD
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GLUECKS: DELINQUENCY
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“THE GLUECKS”
SHELDON & ELEANOR TOUROFF GLUECK
WERE A FAMOUS RESEARCH TEAM, ESPECIALLY RE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
SHELDON WAS INSTRUCTOR IN SOCIAL
ETHICS; MOVED TO HARVARD LAW
INFLUENCED BY R. C. CABOT MAINSTREAM SCIENTIST-REFORMERS
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SOROKIN: RECONSTRUCTION
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SOROKIN: ALTRUISM, SAINTS
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ALLPORT: PREJUDICE
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SOROKIN: LOVE
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PETTIGREW: RACIAL INTEGRATION
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- T. PETTIGREW
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN DEPT OF SOCIAL
RELATIONS (1946-1972)
COLLABORATOR WITH GORDON ALLPORT DID RESEARCH ON RACE RELATIONS IN
SOUTH AFRICA
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SOROKIN: SEX REVOLUTION
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SOROKIN/LUNDEN: CRIMES OF GOVERNMENTS
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- R. C. CABOT PROFESSORSHIP
IN SOCIAL ETHICS
--CREATED 1966
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CABOT PROFESSORSHIP: 1ST INCUMBENT
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CONCLUSION: FULL CIRCLE
FORD, SOROKIN, ALLPORT, THE GLUECKS,
PETTIGREW CARRIED ON SOCIAL ETHICS STYLE WORK AFTER THE DECISION TO PRIORITIZE SOCIOLOGY
SOME OF SOROKIN’S WORK IS
REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO WORK BY PEABODY AND CABOT
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