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Editor’s Introduction: Hope, Theory and Positive Sociology

Editor’s Introduction: Hope, Theory and Positive Sociology The American Sociologist https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-023-09569-0 Lawrence T. Nichols Accepted: 1 March 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature In this issue we present a thematic set of papers about how sociologists might con- ceptualize and study hope, along with several other papers on diverse topics. The latter include discussions of theoretical topics in the works of Simmel and Bourdieu, along with a reflection on the state of historical consciousness in U.S. sociology, and a discussion of the recent trend toward the pre-registration and registration of research designs. Special thanks are due to our guest editor, Professor Adrian Scribano who organ- ized and coordinated the papers on hope, working closely with the participating authors and staying in close touch with me. Thanks also to the contributing authors whose work on hope is making a valuable contribution to our field. Sociology, since its organization as a formal discipline and an academic field, has seldom been known as the bearer of “good news,” especially in comparison with its focus on conflict, social problems, injustice and human suffering. Indeed, a century ago it was often defined as the study of “social pathology” such as poverty, illness, racial/ http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Sociologist Springer Journals

Editor’s Introduction: Hope, Theory and Positive Sociology

Nichols, Lawrence T.
The American Sociologist , Volume 54 (1) – Mar 1, 2023
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The American Sociologist https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-023-09569-0 Lawrence T. Nichols Accepted: 1 March 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature In this issue we present a thematic set of papers about how sociologists might con- ceptualize and study hope, along with several other papers on diverse topics. The latter include discussions of theoretical topics in the works of Simmel and Bourdieu, along with a reflection on the state of historical consciousness in U.S. sociology, and a discussion of the recent trend toward the pre-registration and registration of research designs. Special thanks are due to our guest editor, Professor Adrian Scribano who organ- ized and coordinated the papers on hope, working closely with the participating authors and staying in close touch with me. Thanks also to the contributing authors whose work on hope is making a valuable contribution to our field. Sociology, since its organization as a formal discipline and an academic field, has seldom been known as the bearer of “good news,” especially in comparison with its focus on conflict, social problems, injustice and human suffering. Indeed, a century ago it was often defined as the study of “social pathology” such as poverty, illness, racial/

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