“The social question”
Jane Addams’s Hull House
Du Bois’s Laboratory of Sociology
The Pittsburgh Survey
From the Roaring ‘20s to the Reactionary ‘80s
Reading:
Lathrop; https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-h…
Morris (chapters 2-8);
O’Connor (Chs. 1-6);
ASA History https://www.asanet.org/about/what-asa/history
Questions: (1) What was W.E.B. Du Bois’s vision for sociology and how was that vision reflected in his Laboratory in Sociology? How did he approach the standard of value neutrality? What was his perspective on race and society? What would you identify as the most and least appealing aspects of this vision?
(2) Consider either sociology’s split from social work or the discontinuance of projects like the Pittsburgh Survey. Do you consider it a loss for sociology or a step in the right direction? How do you think the history of sociology might have differed if this step had not been taken?
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