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Pragmatic Sociology and the Public Sphere

The Case of Charles Richmond Henderson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Andrew Abbott
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Abstract

This article examines the public sphere in early-twentieth-century America via a study of Charles Richmond Henderson, Chicago reformer and sociology professor. It discusses Henderson’s broad visibility, from religious and university venues, through the club and voluntary association world, and into the professions and government. It examines the relations between this archipelago of reform venues and the intimate sphere of family and religion as well as the separation of the world of Protestant reform from both the Catholic and the immigrant publics. Finally, it examines Henderson’s own experience of his public role, showing how his religious understanding yoked objectivity and advocacy into a single concept of reform knowledge-driven reform.

Type
Special Section: History and the Social Sciences: Taking Stock and Moving Ahead
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Social Science History , Volume 34 , Issue 3: In Honor of Charles Tilly , Fall 2010 , pp. 337 - 371
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2010 

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