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Homans, George Caspar was born on August 11, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert and Abigail (Adams) Homans.
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In the original edition of this book, presenting his collected papers from 1946 to 1962, George Caspar Romans observed that Sentiments and Activities represents "a dialogue between the data of social science and certain kinds of general ideas." In the introduction to this new edition, he reviews the interests which originally inspired the papers, and reconsiders the extent to which they achieved their purposes. He concludes that "first hand observation and interviewing are the place from which all good sociology takes off, even if it does not end there." The papers fall into three main subject areas: history and social structure; anthropology and function; and small groups, theories, and methods. Many of the papers in the volume stand as models of the kind of sociology with which Homans is identified. In particular, his papers on small-group research and industrial sociology are classics. Others have had continuing histories. With the passage of time, Professor Homans is able to assess these consequences, and the new introduction reflects upon their impact. Homans' research among white-collar workers ushered in a body of work on distributive justice now known as "equity theory." His paper on "Social Behavior as Exchange" also inspired a new field, "exchange theory." He laments missed opportunities in the failure of sociologists to exploit behavioral theory fully, abandoning the field to "rational choice" political scientists or economists. And finally, Professor Homans reconsiders the two longest papers in the volume, and two of his favorites, the historical study of the Frisians in East Anglia, and his study of unilateral cross-cousin marriage. In both cases, his arguments have stood the test of time, and stand as examples of the creative use of social science concepts across disciplinary boundaries.
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Das vorliegende Buch von George C. Romans bedarf keines Vorwortes im iiblichen Sinne. Was Homans aussagen will, sagt er selbst: klar, folgerichtig und ausfiihrlich. Es ware deshalb unerheblich, etwa darstellen zu wollen, ob ich ihn auch richtig ver standen habe. Es ware auch vermessen, wollte ich das mir Wesentliche aus seinem Buche herausstellen. Ich lehne dies als untunliche Einmischung in seine eigenen exak ten Gedankengange ab, wie ich auch dem Leser zumute, daB er sich unbeeinfluBt seine eigenen Gedanken iiber die Erklarungsvorschlage von Homans machen wird. Wie in allen Veroffentlichungen von Homans ist nicht nur wesentlich, was er aus sagt, sondern wie und vor allem wo, d. h. in welchem Zusammenhang er selbst seine Erklarungen abgibt. Wie hat sich, so konnten wir uns allerdings fragen, sein wissenschaftstheoretischer Standort seit seinem Buche THE HUMAN GROUP 1 verandert? Viele werfen Homans vor, er sei zu einem "psychologischen Reduktionalisten" geworden. Er ver suche, das Soziale mit psychologischen Erklarungen zu erfassen. Er batte, welch ein Sakrileg, gegen Durkheim verstoBen, demzufolge das Soziale nur durch Soziales zu erklaren sei.
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Those interested in the development of scientific theory and in the nature of academic life will appreciate this intellectual autobiography written by one of America’s leading sociologists. Following his family tradition (The Education of Henry Adams was written by his great-uncle), George Caspar Homans describes how his ideas about the proper nature of theory in social science, both in form and content, have developed over time. The chief interest of the book lies in the description of this process. Homans’ career has spanned many of the key periods of development in social research, and his own work has been central to the process. He was the first major sociologist to outline the sociological implications of psychologists’ work on learning or behavior theory. His contributions to modern sociology have had a major impact on the study of small groups, the problem of theory and methods of theory construction, and the study of basic characteristics of social behavior. He is regarded as the father of social exchange theory. Homans considers academic and intellectual as well as nonacademic influences on his development: personalities of highly idiosyncratic individuals against whose views of culturalism, functionalism, and structuralism he reacted, discussions with colleagues, reading, as well as his ancestry, his childhood in Boston, his literary education and later social-life in Boston, and his experiences as a sea captain in the Navy in World War II. This is an absorbing book, both an autobiography and a history of the development of the social sciences in the post World War II era.
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( "In earlier days, again, verse seems to have been as n...)
"In earlier days, again, verse seems to have been as natural a mode in which to express oneself as prose. Even if it is not poetry, interesting things can still be said in verse. That is the way I have tried to treat it, and have used it to deal both with my more personal and with my more public interests."-from the Introduction. Though he is a sociologist and not a poet by trade, George Caspar Homans, from early childhood on, has read and loved poetry in English and other languages. In it he has found a vehicle for expressing his more personal thoughts and emotions. The Witch Hazel consists of poems, mostly lyrical, written from time to time in the course of his lifetime. Professor Homans has decided to preserve them in this volume in the hope that they will give pleasure or be of interest to others. The poems deal with a great variety of Homans' interests: women, the New England landscape and seascape, his personal anxieties and self-examinations, history, war, politics, and even sociology itself. The volume also includes a few of his translations from Greek, Latin, and Provencal verse. The sheer variety of its subjects adds further interest to the volume. Not incidentally they illumine our knowledge of Homans gleaned from his acclaimed autobiography, Coming To My Senses. Professor Homans may be the only sociologist who has published a volume of his poems. He has done so in the hope that they will reveal a sociologist as a living, breathing, passionate human being. As Karen Hunt commented in reviewing his autobiography, "There is Homans the Boston Brahmin, Homans the historian, Homans the literary critic, and, in what must be a rare glimpse into his soul, Homans the poet." The Witch Hazel Ounds out our understanding of one of the major intellectual figures of our time.
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(Das vorliegende Buch von George C. Romans bedarf keines V...)
Das vorliegende Buch von George C. Romans bedarf keines Vorwortes im üblichen Sinne. Was Homans aussagen will, sagt er selbst: klar, folgerichtig und ausführlich. Es wäre deshalb unerheblich, etwa darstellen zu wollen, ob ich ihn auch richtig ver standen habe. Es wäre auch vermessen, wollte ich das mir Wesentliche aus seinem Buche herausstellen. Ich lehne dies als untunliche Einmischung in seine eigenen exak ten Gedankengänge ab, wie ich auch dem Leser zumute, daß er sich unbeeinflußt seine eigenen Gedanken über die Erklärungsvorschläge von Homans machen wird. Wie in allen Veröffentlichungen von Homans ist nicht nur wesentlich, was er aus sagt, sondern wie und vor allem wo, d. h. in welchem Zusammenhang er selbst seine Erklärungen abgibt. Wie hat sich, so könnten wir uns allerdings fragen, sein wissenschaftstheoretischer Standort seit seinem Buche THE HUMAN GROUP 1 verändert? Viele werfen Homans vor, er sei zu einem "psychologischen Reduktionalisten" geworden. Er ver suche, das Soziale mit psychologischen Erklärungen zu erfassen. Er hätte, welch ein Sakrileg, gegen Durkheim verstoßen, demzufolge das Soziale nur durch Soziales zu erklären sei.
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Homans, George Caspar was born on August 11, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert and Abigail (Adams) Homans.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1932; Master of Arts, Cambridge U., England, 1955.
Junior fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934-1939;
faculty instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939-1941;
associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946-1953;
professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1980;
professor sociology emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1989. Member human relations panel Department Defense, Washington, 1950-1951, Chairman of Commission on psychological warfare, 1951-1952. Simon visiting professor Manchester U., England,1953.
Professor social theory Cambridge U., England, 1955-1956. Visiting professor U.Kent, England, 1967.
( In the original edition of this book, presenting his c...)
( Those interested in the development of scientific theor...)
( Those interested in the development of scientific theor...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
( "In earlier days, again, verse seems to have been as n...)
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(The Nature of Social Science THE NATURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE...)
(Das vorliegende Buch von George C. Romans bedarf keines V...)
(Das vorliegende Buch von George C. Romans bedarf keines V...)
(First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
(First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
Served to lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1941-1945. Fellow National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Sociological Association (president 1963-1964, Distinguished Career of Scholarship award 1988), Eastern Sociological Association (president 1963-1964, Distinguished Career award 1985), Society Cincinnati Clubs: Tavern (Boston).
Married Nancy Parshall Cooper, June 28, 1941. Children– Elizabeth, Susan, Peter.