Knowledge for What: The Place of Social Science in American Culture

by Robert Staughton Lynd

Book Overview

Contents: Foreword ix; I. Social Science in Crisis 1; II. The Concept of Culture 11; III. The Pattern of American Culture 54; IV. The Social Sciences as Tools 114; V. Values and the Social Sciences 180; VI. Some Outrageous Hypotheses 202; Index 251

Originally published in 1939.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028117
• ISBN13: 9780691028118
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent historical perspective and still relevant today

Very interesting book for it's historical perspective (it's based on lectures given in 1938). Lynd argues that values must be considered in academics, and that values should guide our choice of research. He also calls on tenured faculty to take the initiative to oppose those forces which would constrain the freedom to work on issues that would improve human lives. Excellent read and still relevant today.