ABSTRACT The sociological study of intellectual recognition has tended to focus on highly cited and highly acclaimed authors and perspectives, while reserving some interest for those who are “forgotten.” We know much less about the liminal cases: authors who are in-between fame and oblivion. This paper proposes a way to study intellectual recognition, by examining the liminal case of sociologist Charles H. Cooley. Based on a multilayered (quantitative and qualitative) citation analysis of Cooley’s classic work, Human Nature and the Social Order (HNSO), we study the role of intellectual deference in accounting for this liminality. Specifically, we identify two distinct deference processes: acknowledgment and involvement. We argue that Cooley has survived intellectual oblivion by standing on the shoulders of citers, as he has received substantial acknowledgment but decreasing involvement. In the conclusion, we discuss the implications of our paper for the understanding of the making of sociological theory.

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论背书者的肩膀：关于智力尊重的社会组织的笔记

摘要知识识别的社会学研究趋向于集中于被广泛引用和高度赞扬的作者和观点，同时为“被遗忘的人”保留一些兴趣。我们对临终案件的了解要少得多：介于名利与遗忘之间的作者。本文提出了一种通过研究社会学家查尔斯·库利（Charles H. Cooley）的边缘案件来研究智力认知的方法。在对库利的经典著作《人性与社会秩序》（HNSO）进行多层（定量和定性）引用分析的基础上，我们研究了智力上的尊重在解释这种局限性方面的作用。具体来说，我们确定了两个不同的遵从过程：确认和参与。我们认为，库利站在市民的肩膀上，幸免于知识分子的遗忘，因为他已经得到了广泛的认可，但参与度却在下降。最后，我们讨论了本文对于理解社会学理论的意义。