Lewis M. Killian

Lewis M. Killian (1919–2010) was an American sociologist. Quotes "Radical" sociologists who look forward to a revolution in which not only the evils of the existing system will be swept away but evil itself will be diminished or abolished are in their way as optimistic as "liberal" theorists who conclude that the system can and will endure if it is only reformed. Paper presented at the spring meeting of the Massachusetts Sociological Association, Boston (May 15, 1971). Published as "Optimism and Pessimism in Sociological Analysis", The American Sociologist, vol. 6 (Nov. 1971), p. 281. Extract quoted in P. Hollander, "Sociology, Selective Determinism, and the Rise of Expectations", The American Sociologist, vol. 8 (1973), p. 151 External links Q80131351 Category:1919 births Category:2010 births Category:Sociologists from the United States