Overview
- Deploys historical-sociological analyses to shed light on the ways in which complex social structures define the kinds of sociological knowledge that are valued
- Considers the factors that differentiate the history of sociology in Belgium from other national histories
- Traces broader patterns which demonstrate what this history owes to transnational exchanges and developments
- Aims to internationalize the history of sociology in Belgium
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Sociology Transformed (SOTR)
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Keywords
- provincialization of sociology
- policy-directed sociology
- sociology in Belgium
- social statistics
- Adolphe Quetelet
- history of sociology
- Pillarization
- Catholic social teaching
- religious sociology
- Flemish sociology
- scientific communication
- sociological reflexivity
- Institut de Sociologie Solvay
- Société belge de Sociologie
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Reviews
“Belgium is a small country with a chequered history but, rather than treating it as no more than that, may be influenced by local historical circumstances. Those include changing political borders as well as divisions of language and religion, and the complex outcomes of their interactions. The special attention given to the system of publications further enriches the descriptive background. The strategy challenges accounts lacking in comparable range and detail, and avoids both methodological and theoretical nationalisms. This looks like a way forward for work on the history of sociology.” (Jennifer Platt, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kaat Louckx is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology and the Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine, both at the University of Chicago, USA. She is also Postdoctoral Researcher in the Center for Social Theory at Ghent University, Belgium.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sociology in Belgium
Book Subtitle: A Sociological History
Authors: Raf Vanderstraeten, Kaat Louckx
Series Title: Sociology Transformed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55663-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55662-2Published: 08 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55663-9Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-5023
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5031
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 133
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociological Theory, Historical Sociology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, History of Modern Europe