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Autorité de chaire et modèle de chair. L'influence respective de G. Simmel et W. I. Thomas sur “ La ville ” de Robert Park

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2004

PIERRE LANNOY
Affiliation:
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgique [lannoy@anso.ucl.ac.be]
COLINE RUWET
Affiliation:
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique [coline_ruwet@hotmail.com]
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Sociology can be introduced to students not as a story of “great men” but as a practice shaped by the social relations that made it possible. (R.W. Connell, “Why Is Classical Theory Classical?”)

According to sociological tradition, “The City”, Robert Park's pioneering work written in 1915, was largely influenced by Georg Simmel “Die Grossstädte und das Geistesleben”. At that time, Park was working with W. I. Thomas in the domain of inter-ethnic relations. A careful analysis of these three authors shows that “Race psychology”, a paper written by Thomas in 1912, was much more influential for Park than was Simmel.

La tradition sociologique attribue à l'essai de Georg Simmel, “ Die Grossstädte und das Geistesleben ” (1903) d'être la source de “ The City ” publié par Robert Park en 1915, alors engagé avec W. I. Thomas dans des études de relations interethniques. En analysant de près les textes de ce trio d'auteurs nous concluons que l'influence de Simmel était assez marginale et qu'en fait Park était plus proche d'un texte de Thomas (1912) “ Race psychology ”.

Die Soziologie erkennt in dem Essai von Georg Simmel “Die Grossstädte und das Geistesleben” (1903) den Urtext von “The City”, der 1915 von Robert Park herausgegeben wurde, als er mit W.I. Thomas interethnischen Studien betrieb. Die Textinterpretation dieses Autorentrios veranschaulicht, dass der Einfluss Simmels unbedeutend war und Park dem Text “Race psychology” (1912) von Thomas näherstand.

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© 2004 Archives Européennes de Sociology

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