Associate Professor's Lecture: Carl Wilén
Society and economy
Welcome to a lecture with Carl Wilén, newly appointed Associate Professor of Sociology, entitled “An Answer to the Question: What is Sociology?”
Lecture
Welcome to a lecture with Carl Wilén, newly appointed Associate Professor of Sociology, entitled “An Answer to the Question: What is Sociology?”
When sociology was still in its infancy, some of its founding figures hoped it would become the queen of the social sciences. For many contemporary sociologists, this hope appears not only hopelessly outdated but also conceptually indefensible, as it presupposes a definition of what sociology is. In his inaugural lecture, Carl Wilén explores if and how a defense of sociology as the queen of the social sciences could be formulated.