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Robert D. Bullard
Robert D. Bullard
American sociologist and environmental activist
Marshall B. Clinard
American sociologist and criminologist
Max Weber
Max Weber
German sociologist
Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim
French social scientist
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
British philosopher
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte
French philosopher
T.H. Marshall
English sociologist
Mirra Komarovsky
Russian-born sociologist
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour
French sociologist and anthropologist
Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist and sociologist
Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist
Todd Gitlin
American political activist and author
Talcott Parsons
American sociologist
Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto
Italian economist and sociologist
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Jean Baudrillard
French author and philosopher
Elihu Katz
American sociologist
Robert K. Merton
American sociologist
James S. Coleman
American sociologist