Stalking the Sociological Imagination J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology

Subjects:

• Sociology » Sociology (General)
• History » American History -- 1900 to 1945
• Political Science » Political History
• History » American History -- 1946 to Present

Awards:

• North Central Sociological Association, Scholarly Achievement Award, 2000; 2002-ASA History of Sociology Section Honorable Mention
• ASA History of Sociology Section Honorable Mention 2002

Reviews:

• Keen raises important questions about academic freedom and whether the fear of "subversive" ideas shaped the direction of American sociology, leading to the marginalization of Marxism and to the hegemony of quantitative and statistical analyses.
  —Choice

• Endorsement From Mary Jo Deegan
  Professor of Sociology
  University of Nebraska: This ground-breaking book documents in meticulous detail decades of harassment and surveillance of major American sociologists by the FBI. This misuse of power, public funds, and national trust will outrage all Americans and raise significant professional issues within the social sciences.
• Endorsement From Barry V. Johnston
  Professor
  Department of Sociology
  Indiana University Northwest: Mike Keen has published a stimulating book that adds new grist to the mill of sociological theory and history of American sociology....[H]e has produced a book that is of interest to students of social theory and the experts who teach them. Students will find his clear and comprehensive discussion informative and engagingly written, and professors will glean new insights into topics and theorists that they know well....Because of the novelty of the information and the quality of prose, this book will have wide appeal.
• Endorsement From Athan Theoharis
  Professor of History
  Marquette University: "Based on research of FBI files on some of America's most eminent sociologists, Mike Keen's Stalking the Sociological Imagination extends our understanding of the politics of FBI surveillance, the social costs of Cold War anti-communism, and the origins of McCarthyism."

Table of Contents:

• Stalking the Sociological Imagination
• W.E.B. Du Bois: Sociologist beyond the Veil
• Ernest W. Burgess: Security Matter-C
• William Fielding Ogburn: Scientist, Statistician, Schizophrene
• Robert and Helen Lynd: From Middletown to Moronia
• E. Franklin Frazier: Enfant Terrible
• Pitirim A. Sorokin: Sociological Prophet in a Priestly Land
• No One above Suspicion: Talcott Parsons under Surveillance
• Testing a Concept: Herbert Blumer's Loyalty
• Samuel Stouffer: Patriot and Practitioner
• Our Man in Havana: C. Wright Mills Talks, Yankee Listens
• The Crimefighter and the Criminologist: The Case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index