Table of Contents

Preface: A Tribute to Vocation Introduction 1 Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Juridical Critic of Totalitarianism 2 Raymond Aron (1905-1983) Tribune of the European Intelligentsia 3 Digby Baltzell (1916-1996) Private Paradoxes and Public Losses 4 Ernest Becker (1924-1974) An Appreciation of a Life 5 Herbert Blumer (1900-1987) The Pragmatic Imagination 6 Claude Brown (1937-2002) Going to the Promised Land 7 Morris Raphael Cohen (1880-1947) End of the Classical Liberal Tradition 8 James S. Coleman (1926-1995) Chance, Choice, and Civility 9 W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) Revisiting the Legacy of Atlanta Sociology 10 Daniel J. Elazar (1934-1999) The Covenant Tradition in Politics 11 Hans J. Eysenck (1916-1997) The Liberality of a Social Psychologist 12 Lewis S. Feuer (1912-2002) The Unitary Character of Extremist Ideologies 13 Ronald Fletcher (1921-1992) Defending Scientific Psychology 14 Gino Germani (1911-1979) Sociologist from the Other America 15 Eli Ginzberg (1911-2002) The Economist as a Public Intellectual 16 César Graña (1919-1986) The Culture of Sociology and Sociology of Culture 17 Scott Greer (1922-1996) The Dialectic of the Unique and the Universal 18 Mason W. Gross (1911-1977) Philosophy, Science and the Higher Learning 19 George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) Bringing the Individual Back into a Collective Discipline 20 Laud Humphreys (1932-1988) A Pioneer in the Practice of Fugitive Social Science 21 Jeremiah Kaplan (1926-1993) The Publisher as Social Vanguard 22 Russell Kirk (1918-1994) Revolutionary of the Past 23 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1926- ) Legitimacy, Force and Morality 24 Milton Konvitz (1908- ) The Moral Bases of Legal Theory 25 Walter Laqueur (1921- ) Tribune of Political Theory 26 Melvin J. Lasky (1920- ) An American Voice of the European Conscience 27 Harold Lasswell (1902-1978) Garrison States and Good Societies 28 Peter Lengyel (1927-1996) The Anti-Bureaucratic Bureaucrat 29 Max Lerner (1902-1992) Journalist as Political Educator 30 Marion J. Levy, Jr. (1918-2002) Modernizing International Relations 31 Seymour Martin Lipset (1941- ) The Social Uses of Anomaly 32 Robert S. Lynd (1892-1970) and Helen Merrell Lynd (1894-1981) The Sociological Couple Par Excellence 33 Joseph B. Maier (1911-2003) Tradition, Modernity and the Last Hurrah of the “Frankfurt School” 34 John D. Martz (1934-1998) North American Latin Americanist 35 Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) Passionate Professional 36 C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) Sociologist of American Stratification 37 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) The Last Hurrah of Liberal Sociology 38 Robert A. Nisbet (1913-1996) The Radical Conservative 39 David Riesman (1909-2002) Educating the Middle Class 40 Arnold M. Rose (1918-1968) The Power Structure vs. the Power Elite 41 R.J. Rummel (1932- ) Death by Government 42 Peter Shaw (1936-1995) The Political Vision of a Literary Scholar 43 Kalman H. Silvert (1921-1976) Democracy as Human Rights 44 John Stanley (1937-1998) Historian of Political Ideas 45 Anselm Strauss (1916-1996) Democratizing Social Psychology 46 Thomas Szasz (1920- ) The Politics of Psychiatry and the Ethics of a Psychiatrist 47 Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980) The Social Vision of Intellectual History 48 Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) Elitist as Populist 49 Aaron Wildavsky (1930-1993) Facts, Policies, Morals 50 Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and Karl Popper (1902-1994) Poker Players 51 Kurt H. Wolff (1912- ) His Phenomenal World

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Irving Horowitz

Reviews

-Horowitz engages us in a conversation with social thinkers who influenced his perspective. This is a book of great power; it evoked memories of distant days and tears for those I miss. These creative talents may not be household names, but each in his idiosyncratic way was a creative force forging what we might loosely call the social theory of the twentieth century.- --The New Criterion, 2004 -This is an unusual book. One wishes it would go on and on. Yet one can also delve into it at any point of the illustrious alphabet (Raymond Aron, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ludwig Wittgenstein) and get stuck in reflection, approval and sometimes, disagreement. More than fifty biographical cameos of social scientists seen through the eyes of a sympathetic critic and colleague form a mosaic of social understanding.- --The Lord [Ralf] Dahrendork, KBE, FBA -I have been delving deep into Tributes and I interrupt my reading to say how original I think is its conception and excellent its execution. The well-rounded sketches make up an education in the history of ideas about man and society. If I were a student in the social sciences, I would use Horowitz's book as a crib.- --Jacques Barzun, author of From Dawn to Decandence: 1500 to the Present. -Some pieces of Tributes are completely authoritative and detailed, others more conversational and informal. That diversity of approaches tied to the special character of these people increases the readability and interest in the book as a whole. In addition to illuminating the life and thought of these major figures, these essays reveal the impressive catholicity of Horowitz's concerns and his ability to remain open to the widest range of theoretical and practical approaches.- --Daniel J. Mahoney, author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology -What readers of Tributes will enjoy the most, I believe, are the insights of Horowitz's encounters with both the limits and mortality of all concerned. This is a book of the ideational lives neither of saints nor of sinners, but of those whose life's work have mattered to the author because they matter most of all to his vision of social sciences. It is a family album, and it is fitting that the man touched by all of them should show them off now with pride and affection.- --Jonathan B. Imber, editor-in-chief of Society. -The dialogues with which Horowitz engages the authors [in Tributes] can only provide some useful or confirming insights for those concerned with policy in its various settings and impacts.- --Richard Abel, Knowledge Technology and Policy

"Horowitz engages us in a conversation with social thinkers who influenced his perspective. This is a book of great power; it evoked memories of distant days and tears for those I miss. These creative talents may not be household names, but each in his idiosyncratic way was a creative force forging what we might loosely call the social theory of the twentieth century." --The New Criterion, 2004 "This is an unusual book. One wishes it would go on and on. Yet one can also delve into it at any point of the illustrious alphabet (Raymond Aron, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ludwig Wittgenstein) and get stuck in reflection, approval and sometimes, disagreement. More than fifty biographical cameos of social scientists seen through the eyes of a sympathetic critic and colleague form a mosaic of social understanding." --The Lord [Ralf] Dahrendork, KBE, FBA "I have been delving deep into Tributes and I interrupt my reading to say how original I think is its conception and excellent its execution. The well-rounded sketches make up an education in the history of ideas about man and society. If I were a student in the social sciences, I would use Horowitz's book as a crib." --Jacques Barzun, author of From Dawn to Decandence: 1500 to the Present. "Some pieces of Tributes are completely authoritative and detailed, others more conversational and informal. That diversity of approaches tied to the special character of these people increases the readability and interest in the book as a whole. In addition to illuminating the life and thought of these major figures, these essays reveal the impressive catholicity of Horowitz's concerns and his ability to remain open to the widest range of theoretical and practical approaches." --Daniel J. Mahoney, author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology "What readers of Tributes will enjoy the most, I believe, are the insights of Horowitz's encounters with both the limits and mortality of all concerned. This is a book of the ideational lives neither of saints nor of sinners, but of those whose life's work have mattered to the author because they matter most of all to his vision of social sciences. It is a family album, and it is fitting that the man touched by all of them should show them off now with pride and affection." --Jonathan B. Imber, editor-in-chief of Society. "The dialogues with which Horowitz engages the authors [in Tributes] can only provide some useful or confirming insights for those concerned with policy in its various settings and impacts." --Richard Abel, Knowledge Technology and Policy

"Horowitz engages us in a conversation with social thinkers who influenced his perspective. This is a book of great power; it evoked memories of distant days and tears for those I miss. These creative talents may not be household names, but each in his idiosyncratic way was a creative force forging what we might loosely call the social theory of the twentieth century." --The New Criterion, 2004 "This is an unusual book. One wishes it would go on and on. Yet one can also delve into it at any point of the illustrious alphabet (Raymond Aron, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ludwig Wittgenstein) and get stuck in reflection, approval and sometimes, disagreement. More than fifty biographical cameos of social scientists seen through the eyes of a sympathetic critic and colleague form a mosaic of social understanding." --The Lord [Ralf] Dahrendork, KBE, FBA "I have been delving deep into Tributes and I interrupt my reading to say how original I think is its conception and excellent its execution. The well-rounded sketches make up an education in the history of ideas about man and society. If I were a student in the social sciences, I would use Horowitz's book as a crib." --Jacques Barzun, author of From Dawn to Decandence: 1500 to the Present. "Some pieces of Tributes are completely authoritative and detailed, others more conversational and informal. That diversity of approaches tied to the special character of these people increases the readability and interest in the book as a whole. In addition to illuminating the life and thought of these major figures, these essays reveal the impressive catholicity of Horowitz's concerns and his ability to remain open to the widest range of theoretical and practical approaches." --Daniel J. Mahoney, author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology "What readers of Tributes will enjoy the most, I believe, are the insights of Horowitz's encounters with both the limits and mortality of all concerned. This is a book of the ideational lives neither of saints nor of sinners, but of those whose life's work have mattered to the author because they matter most of all to his vision of social sciences. It is a family album, and it is fitting that the man touched by all of them should show them off now with pride and affection." --Jonathan B. Imber, editor-in-chief of Society. "The dialogues with which Horowitz engages the authors [in Tributes] can only provide some useful or confirming insights for those concerned with policy in its various settings and impacts." --Richard Abel, Knowledge Technology and Policy

"Horowitz engages us in a conversation with social thinkers who influenced his perspective. This is a book of great power; it evoked memories of distant days and tears for those I miss. These creative talents may not be household names, but each in his idiosyncratic way was a creative force forging what we might loosely call the social theory of the twentieth century." --"The New Criterion,2004"
"This is an unusual book. One wishes it would go on and on. Yet one can also delve into it at any point of the illustrious alphabet (Raymond Aron, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ludwig Wittgenstein) and get stuck in reflection, approval and sometimes, disagreement. More than fifty biographical cameos of social scientists seen through the eyes of a sympathetic critic and colleague form a mosaic of social understanding."--The Lord [Ralf] Dahrendork, KBE, FBA
"I have been delving deep into Tributes and I interrupt my reading to say how original I think is its conception and excellent its execution. The well-rounded sketches make up an education in the history of ideas about man and society. If I were a student in the social sciences, I would use Horowitz's book as a crib." --Jacques Barzun, author of "From Dawn to Decandence: 1500 to the Present."
"Some pieces of Tributes are completely authoritative and detailed, others more conversational and informal. That diversity of approaches tied to the special character of these people increases the readability and interest in the book as a whole. In addition to illuminating the life and thought of these major figures, these essays reveal the impressive catholicity of Horowitz's concerns and his ability to remain open to the widest range of theoretical and practical approaches."--Daniel J. Mahoney, author of "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology"
"What readers of Tributes will enjoy the most, I believe, are the insights of Horowitz's encounters with both the limits and mortality of all concerned. This is a book of the ideational lives neither of saints nor of sinners, but of those whose life's work have mattered to the author because they matter most of all to his vision of social sciences. It is a family album, and it is fitting that the man touched by all of them should show them off now with pride and affection."--Jonathan B. Imber, editor-in-chief of "Society."