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  2. Laud Humphreys - Wikipedia

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    Robert Allan Humphreys (1930–1988), known as Laud Humphreys, was an American sociologist and Episcopal priest. He is noted for his research into sexual encounters between men in public bathrooms, published as Tearoom Trade (1970) and for the questions that emerged from what was overwhelmingly considered unethical research methods. [2]

  3. Wikipedia:List of controversial issues - Wikipedia

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    Kurt Cobain – 1994 suicide (or murder) controversy. Sacha Baron Cohen – for his controversial live-action characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev and Brüno; Christopher Columbus; Sean Combs – aka "Puff Daddy". Nicolaus Copernicus – (Copernicus' nationality either Polish or German). Stephen Colbert; The Completionist - allegations of charity ...

  4. Lewis A. Coser - Wikipedia

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    Sociology [ edit ] Coser was the first sociologist to try to bring together structural functionalism and conflict theory ; his work was focused on finding the functions of social conflict .

  5. Positivism dispute - Wikipedia

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    The positivism dispute (German: Positivismusstreit) was a political-philosophical dispute between the critical rationalists (Karl Popper, Hans Albert) and the Frankfurt School (Theodor Adorno, Jürgen Habermas) in 1961, about the methodology of the social sciences.

  6. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, ... The controversy over "school effects" ignited by that study has continued to this day.

  7. Sociology of absences - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of absences and the sociology of emergences are two complementary concepts that make it possible to constitute an alternative that Boaventura calls “the epistemology of the South”. It is “a new production and evaluation of knowledge or valid knowledge, scientific or not”.

  8. Richard Dreyfuss' 'distressing and offensive' rant has ... - AOL

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    Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...

  9. Sociology of culture - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of culture is an older concept, and considers some topics and objects as more or less "cultural" than others. By way of contrast, Jeffrey C. Alexander introduced the term cultural sociology, an approach that sees all, or most, social phenomena as inherently cultural at some level. [3]