When Robert E. Park Was (Re)Writing ‘The City’: Biography, the Social Survey and the Science of Sociology

摘要: Sociological production is a situated and embodied activity carried out by individuals inserted in actual social relations. Considering that this feature has an influence upon the content of scholarly literature it can be revealed scientific text itself, I propound new interpretation writing process Robert E. Park's “The City,” famous paper he published initially 1915. Customarily depicted as manifesto for autonomous urban sociology, argue on contrary its general economy to linked biographical background. When affiliated with Sociology Department at University Chicago, Park was brought teach course survey. City” academic expression his point view topic. encounters some active promoters survey approach are evidenced their onhis 1915 essay carefully analyzed, showing notably curious intellectual omissions traced back these previous encounters. latter texts, 1925 revised version particular, shown provide interwar sociologists peculiar narrative about history sociology: predecessors deliberately confined pre-scientific stage discipline original presented seminal research program destined later fulfilled newly established sociologists.