Recovering the Thought of Edward Shils

Struan Jacobs;

doi:10.5840/traddisc202147326

Recovering the Thought of Edward Shils

Tradition and Discovery The Polanyi Society Periodical ◽

10.5840/traddisc202147326 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 4-13

Author(s):

Struan Jacobs ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Social Theorist ◽

Edward Shils ◽

Extended Review

This article provides an extended review of The Calling of Social Thought, a collection of essays about the thought of social theorist Edward Shils. The article includes preliminary observations about Shils’ life and work, brief summaries of the essays included in the collection, and several suggestions aimed at encouraging additional study of Shils’ writings.

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Edward Shils as Stranger, Social Thought as Vocation

Tradition and Discovery The Polanyi Society Periodical ◽

10.5840/traddisc202147327 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 14-18

Author(s):

Peter C. Blum ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Georg Simmel ◽

American Sociology ◽

Contemporary Sociology ◽

Edward Shils ◽

Extended Review

This essay is a response to Struan Jacobs, “Recovering the Thought of Edward Shils,” which is an extended review of Adair-Toteff and Turner’s The Calling of Social Thought. It considers Edward Shils as a “stranger,” in the sense defined by Georg Simmel, relative to contemporary sociology. Christian Smith’s claim that American sociology is implicitly pursuing a “sacred project” is invoked, in contrast with Shils’ vision for consensual sociology. The expansion by CST to “Social Thought” as a calling (vocation), and its ties to science as understood by Polanyi, are strongly affirmed.

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Book review: The Calling of Social Thought: Rediscovering the Work of Edward Shils

Acta Sociologica ◽

10.1177/00016993211000191 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000169932110001

Author(s):

Sven Eliaeson

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Edward Shils

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Christopher Adair-Toteff and Stephen Turner (eds.), The Calling of Social Thought. Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils

Society ◽

10.1007/s12115-019-00390-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 415-416

Author(s):

Alexander Ruser

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Edward Shils

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Extended Review: Structuralist Analysis in Contemporary Social Thought. A Comparison of the Theories of Claude Levi-Strauss and Louis Althusser

The Sociological Review ◽

10.1111/j.1467-954x.1975.tb00524.x ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 178-187

Author(s):

J. Frases

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Louis Althusser ◽

Extended Review

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The Human Face of Knowledge

Tradition and Discovery The Polanyi Society Periodical ◽

10.5840/traddisc202147328 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 19-20

Author(s):

Stephen Turner ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Thought ◽

Human Face ◽

Recent Collection ◽

Edward Shils

This is a brief response to comments by Struan Jacobs and Peter Blum on The Calling of Social Thought, Rediscovering the Work of Edward Shils, a recent collection of essays edited by Christopher Adair-Toteff and Stephen Turner. It identifies a distinctive contribution of Shils to the larger problem of the tacit.

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