On the Shoulders of Citers: Notes on the Social Organization of Intellectual Deference
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Brossard, Baptiste; Ruiz-Junco, Natalia
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The sociological study of intellectual recognition has tended to focus on highly cited and highly acclaimed authors and perspectives, while reserving some interest for those who are 'forgotten.' We know much less about the liminal cases: authors who are in-between fame and oblivion. This paper proposes a way to study intellectual recognition, by examining the liminal case of sociologist Charles H. Cooley. Based on a multilayered (quantitative and qualitative) citation analysis of Cooley's...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Brossard, Baptiste | |
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dc.contributor.author | Ruiz-Junco, Natalia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-21T00:07:23Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-0253 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/287219 | |
dc.description.abstract | The sociological study of intellectual recognition has tended to focus on highly cited and highly acclaimed authors and perspectives, while reserving some interest for those who are 'forgotten.' We know much less about the liminal cases: authors who are in-between fame and oblivion. This paper proposes a way to study intellectual recognition, by examining the liminal case of sociologist Charles H. Cooley. Based on a multilayered (quantitative and qualitative) citation analysis of Cooley's classic work, Human Nature and the Social Order (HNSO), we study the role of intellectual deference in accounting for this liminality. Specifically, we identify two distinct deference processes: acknowledgment and involvement. We argue that Cooley has survived intellectual oblivion by standing on the shoulders of citers, as he has received substantial acknowledgment but decreasing involvement. In the conclusion, we discuss the implications of our paper for the understanding of the making of sociological theory. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | University of California Press | |
dc.rights | © 2020 The authors | |
dc.source | Sociological Quarterly | |
dc.subject | Cooley | |
dc.subject | sociological theory | |
dc.subject | deference | |
dc.subject | citation analysis | |
dc.subject | Goffman | |
dc.title | On the Shoulders of Citers: Notes on the Social Organization of Intellectual Deference | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 61 | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 441005 - Social theory | |
local.identifier.absfor | 441008 - Sociology of culture | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u6269649xPUB750 | |
local.publisher.url | https://www.tandfonline.com/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Brossard, Baptiste, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ruiz-Junco, Natalia, Auburn University | |
local.description.embargo | 2099-12-01 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 567 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 587 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00380253.2019.1711262 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 280123 - Expanding knowledge in human society | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-01-09T07:19:19Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85078961566 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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