Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: On Merton’s Legacy and Contemporary Sociology 1
5. 1 Reflections on a Common Theme 32
6. 2 Mechanisms of the Middle Range 54
7. 3 Eliding the Theory/Research and Basic/Applied Divides 63
8. 4 The Contributions of Robert K. Merton to Culture Theory 79
9. 5 Culture and Uncertainty 94
10. 6 “Paradigm for the Sociology of Science” 113
11. 7 A Critical Reconsideration of the Ethos and Autonomy of Science 140
12. 8 Merton, Mannheim, and the Sociology of Knowledge 164
13. 9 The Ethos of Science and the Ethos of Democracy 182
14. 10 Merton’s Sociology of Rhetoric 214
15. 11 On Sociological Semantics as an Evolving Research Program 253
16. 12 How Merton Sociologizes the History of Ideas 273
17. Contributors 297
18. Index 301