Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science

PrefaceIntroduction: On Merton's Legacy and Contemporary Sociology, by Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council and New York University1. Reflections on a Common Theme: Establishing the Phenomenon, Adumbration, and Ideal Types, by Alejandro Portes, Princeton University2. Mechanisms of the Middle Range, by Charles Tilly, Columbia University3. Eliding the Theory/Research and Basic/Applied Divides: Implications of Merton's Middle Range, by Robert J. Sampson, Harvard University4. The Contributions of Robert K. Merton to Culture Theory, by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, City University of New York5. Culture and Uncertainty, by Viviana A. Zelizer, Princeton University6. "Paradigm for the Sociology of Science", by Thomas F. Gieryn, Indiana University7. A Critical Reconsideration of the Ethos and Autonomy of Science, by Aaron L. Panofsky, University of California8. Merton, Mannheim, and the Sociology of Knowledge, by Alan Sica, Pennsylvania State University9. The Ethos of Science and the Ethos of Democracy, by Ragnvald Kalleberg, University of Oslo10. Merton's Sociology of Rhetoric, by Peter Simonson, University of Colorado11. On Sociological Semantics as an Evolving Research Program, by Harriet Zuckerman, Mellon Foundation12. How Merton Sociologizes the History of Ideas, by Charles Camic, Northwestern UniversityList of ContributorsIndex

Craig Calhoun is president of the Social Science Research Council and University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. His most recent is Nations Matter: Culture, History, and the Cosmopolitan Dream.

Calhoun and his colleagues delve into the vast depths of Robert K. Merton¿s relatively unfamiliar writings, including those unpublished, and present us with an astonishingly complex and germane vision of sociological inquiry. ¿ Margaret R. Somers, University of Michigan