Reminder: Sign up for mail notifications from the blog! Enter your email in the box at the bottom of the home page. I recently made the argument that many sociologists obsess over canon because it is essentially ancestor worship. People derive status, prestige, and identity from affiliation with specific well known scholars (“I am a Weberian!Continue reading "Sociology Canon as Ancestor Worship, Part Deux: Comments on Silver, Guzman, Parker and Dopking (2022)"