October 1, 2004

The Proper Role of Sociology in the World at Large

To the Editor:

It is hard to find words that are sufficiently appropriate and not unacceptably harsh to respond to Michael Burawoy's statement that sociology must now sell out to political activism ("To Advance, Sociology Must Not Retreat," The Chronicle Review, August 13). It is simply beyond belief to have to read anyone lamenting the dedicated work of all those who practice sociology as a science, those who -- in Burawoy's words -- "just stick" to the search for the

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