Meanings
plural unsociologists
- One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a marginal sociologist who is primarily an administrator committed to the institution where he or she works rather than particularly passionate about any sociological questions or issues.
Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists.
2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist1 more example
Unsociologists tend to be local. They are concerned with a small range of problems, generally those kinds of problems which deeply affect the administrative apparatus of college life […]
1967, Llewellyn Gross, Sociological Theory: Inquiries and Paradigms, page 376
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