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1. • • Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, producing clear theories and innovative research that continue to shape multiple disciplines. Merton's reach can be felt in the study of social structure, social psychology, deviance, professions, organizations, culture, and science.
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   Who was Robert Merton?

   • Sociology was fortunate that it had its Robert Merton who understood so well that clear, elegant thought goes hand in hand with clear elegant language and who led by example in his essays, as well as in his brilliant digressive satire of learning, On the Shoulders of Giants.

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   What is the main focus of Merton's sociology of knowledge?

   • The main focus is on the... A quarter of the way into his critical 1941 review of Karl Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge, Robert K. Merton mobilized an epithet that summarized the shortcomings he saw in the Marxist theory of ideology, and set it off from an intellectually rigorous and epistemologically sound sociology of knowledge.

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   What was Merton's contribution to social science?

   • Sociology of science remained the field closest to Merton’s heart. But his contributions also deeply shaped the later development of such disparate fields of study as bureaucracy, deviance, communications, social psychology, social stratification, and indeed social structure itself.

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   Why did Merton study social structures?

   • Whether focusing on the political machine or on the priority dispute between Newton and Leibniz over the invention of the calculus, Merton examined the way in which social structures constrain and direct the choices of individuals and the way in which, in turn, their choices had institutional consequences.

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   How did Robert King Merton get his name?

   • The name Robert King Merton evolved out of a teenage career as an amateur magician. Merton took up conjuring and other magic partly through taking his sister’s boyfriend as a “role model” (to borrow a phrase literally his own). As his skill improved, he sought a stage name, initially “Merlin.”

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   Why is Robert Merton a paradox?

   • The work of Robert Merton presents a paradox. At all stages of his career, Merton’s writings display breathtaking intellectual-historical erudition, an understanding of ideas and thinkers from the past that seems to know no limit and which stands unrivalled among sociologists of the twentieth century.

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   Feb 23, 2003 · Robert K. Merton served as the 47th President of the American Sociological Association. His Presidential Address, “Priorities in Scientific Discovery: A Chapter in the Sociology of Science,” was delivered on August 28, 1957 at the Association’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

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   Robert K. Merton was among the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. His influence stemmed from intellectual innovation and institutional leadership. It was enhanced by his pellucid prose style, which made his work easy for teachers and research-oriented sociologists to grasp and put to use.

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   Robert K. Merton was a giant among 20th century social scientists. Both in print and in person, he had a profound influence on modern social science, and particularly on the study of bureaucracy, deviance, mass communications, social stratification, and sociology of knowledge and of science.

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   Robert K. Merton: From the Sociology of Bureaucracy to the (Dys)functions of Modern Science. Presentation Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Location: New York, NY. Engines of Modernity Conference, Columbia University.

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   Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, producing clear theories and innovative research that continue to shape multiple disciplines.

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   'The Most Important Task of Sociology is to Strengthen and Defend Rationality in Public Discourse' : On the Sociology of Vilhelm Aubert