In genius studies, Scott 50 (Scott 50:#) refers to the 50 key sociologists (see: greatest sociologist ever) found in English sociologist John Scott’s 2007 multi-contributor treatise Fifty Key Sociologists: the Formative Theorists. [1]
Methodology
The following is the methodology as to how the list came to be: [1]
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List
The following is the listing of the Scott 50: [1]
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References
1. Scott, John. (2007). Fifty Key Sociologists: the Formative Theorists (methodology, pg. #). Routledge.
Methodology
The following is the methodology as to how the list came to be: [1]
“Any selection of key sociologists is bound to be contentious. Each person will make their own particular choices and will have their preferred criteria for choice. Ask fifty people to choose fifty key thinkers and you are likely to end up with fifty different lists — well, almost. From within the mainstream of sociology certain theorists will find their place in almost any list: Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, for example, are perhaps the strongest contenders for inclusion. Beyond this core of certain inclusions, however, matters become more complex. Many would agree with the inclusion of Georg Simmel and George Mead, together with earlier theorists such as Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer — but how far beyond this core would most people be willing to go in counting someone as a 'key' contributor? The further we get from the core, the greater the disagreement that there will be.
My particular selection of key sociologists reflects my own interests and concerns: that is inevitable. I have, however, taken advice in order to ensure that my selection is as representative as possible. My initial selection of writers was referred to a panel of colleagues at Essex University, the leading Department of Sociology in Britain. Colleagues were asked to vote for those they felt should definitely be included and those they felt should be excluded. They were also asked to identify any further writers whom they felt warranted inclusion in the book. A revised list was produced from these suggestions and this was then, in its turn, sent around the panel for further consideration. Finally, the overall list was divided into two lists — of ‘formative’ and ‘contemporary’ writers — and each list was trimmed down to the essential fifty thinkers that it seemed reasonable to include in the definitive list.”
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List
The following is the listing of the Scott 50: [1]
| 1. Jane Addams 2. Theodor Adorno 3. Charles Booth 4. Helen Bosanquet 5. Auguste Comte 6. Charles Cooley 7. Oliver Cox 8. William DuBois 9. Emile Durkheim 10. Edward Evans-Pritchard | 11. Sigmund Freud 12. Antonio Gramsci 13. Ludwig Gumplowicz 14. Maurice Halbwachs 15. Leonard Hobbouse 16. Frederic le Play 17. Gyorgy Lukacs 18. Bronislaw Malinowski 19. Karl Mannheim 20. Herbert Marcuse | 21. T.H. Marshall 22. Harriet Martineau 23. Karl Marx 24. Marcel Mauss 25. George Mead 26. Lewis Morgan 27. Gaetano Mosca 28. Gunnar Myrdal 29. Vilfredo Pareto 30. Alfred Radcliff-Brown | 31. Seebohm Rowntree 32. Ferdinand de Saussure 33. Max Scheler 34. Alfred Schutz 35. Georg Simmel 36. Albion Small 37. Werner Sombart 38. Pitirim Sorokin 39. Herbert Spencer 40. William Sumner | 41. Gabriel Tarde 42. Alexis de Tocqueville 43. Ferdinand Tonnies 44. Edward Tylor 45. Thorstein Veblen 46. Lester Ward 47. Lloyd Warner 48. Beatrice Webb 49. Max Weber 50. Florian Znaniecki |
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References
1. Scott, John. (2007). Fifty Key Sociologists: the Formative Theorists (methodology, pg. #). Routledge.