Duncan MacRae Jr.

Duncan MacRae Jr. (died July 2008) was an American sociologist. He was appointed Kenan Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of North Carolina in 1972. Quotes The dominant concepts of sociology seem singularly inadequate for a general value system acceptable today. Social order and functional analysis point to precisely the opposite values from those that many younger sociologists wish to realize . . . In response they have proposed more emphasis on other concepts . . . : conflict, violence, power and revolution. But . . . these concepts are also inadequate valuative bases: they deal with means, not ends. To favor revolution and oppose power is a temporary stance at best, for one is driven to ask: Revolution for what? "A Dilemma of Sociology: Science vs. Policy", American Sociologist, vol. 6 (June 1971), pp. 5, 6. Quoted in Paul Hollander, "Sociology, Selective Determinism, and the Rise of Expectations", The American Sociologist, vol. 8 (Nov. 1973), p. 152 External links Q141678770 Category:2008 deaths Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:People from North Carolina