ArgumentThis paper examines the early institutionalization of sociology in Belgium. It displays how different intellectual and social contexts bred their own research interests and research approaches. It shows, more particularly, how ideological affiliations and divisions defined the setting within which this new discipline had to develop in Belgium in the decades around 1900. As a consequence of the ideological controversies, sociology had difficulty gaining legitimacy as a theory-driven analysis of society. Most scholars in Belgium could not avoid taking an explicitly normative position on society. This paper also displays how secularization and the reinforcement of the international level and its infrastructure gradually allowed for more academic autonomy for sociology in Belgium.

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谁对社会学有信心？1900 年左右比利时的学术和意识形态分歧

论点本文考察了比利时社会学的早期制度化。它展示了不同的知识和社会背景如何孕育了他们自己的研究兴趣和研究方法。更具体地，它显示了意识形态的归属和分歧如何定义了这一新学科在 1900 年左右的几十年中必须在比利时发展的环境。由于意识形态争议，社会学难以获得作为理论驱动分析的合法性。社会。比利时的大多数学者都无法避免对社会采取明确的规范立场。本文还展示了世俗化和国际水平及其基础设施的加强如何逐渐为比利时的社会学提供更多的学术自主权。