Charles Camic
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Professor Areas of Interest: Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory; Sociology of Ideas/Knowledge; Sociology of Science; History of Sociology and Social Thought; Historical Sociology |
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Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Chicago, 1979. Areas of interest include: classical and contemporary sociological theory; sociology of ideas/knowledge; sociology of science; history of sociology and social thought; historical sociology. Prior to joining the Northwestern faculty, Camic was Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In recent years, his work has centered on examining the social processes by which the social sciences took shape and developed in the United States in the period from 1880 to 1940. He is current writing on book on the social origins of Thorstein Veblen's heterodox economics. He has recently edited (with Philip Gorski, and David M. Trubek) Max Weber's Economy and Society : A Critical Companion (2005).
Contact
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1808 Chicago Av Room 107
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-5671
Fax: (847) 491-9907
Office Hours: Monday 2:30-4:00 and Thursday 11:00-12:00
Courses
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| Current Courses: Fall Quarter 2008 | |
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| Soc 306-0 Sec. 20 (Fall 2007): Sociology Theory | |
| Soc 406-1 Sec. 20 (Fall 2007): Classical Theory in Sociological Analysis | |
| Soc 376 Sec.22 Special Topics (Winter 2006): Topics in Sociological Analysis |
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| Soc 306-0 Sec. 20 (Fall 2005)(Fall 2006)(Winter 2007): Sociology Theory |
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| Soc 406-1 Sec. 20 (Fall 2005)(Fall 2006): Classical The09/12/2008 | Syllabus |





