Lewis Coser
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Lewis Coser was a German-American sociologist and intellectual known for his work on social conflict and for helping shape postwar American social thought.
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| Lewis Coser canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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intellectual ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1913-11-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfMigration | escape from Nazism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEmigration | 1930s ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2003-07-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
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University of Paris (Sorbonne) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Brandeis University
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State University of New York at Stony Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Coser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conflict sociology
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social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| fullName | Lewis Alfred Coser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | social science literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American conflict theory
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postwar American sociology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georg Simmel
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Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridging European social theory and American sociology
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role in shaping postwar American social thought ⓘ theories of social conflict ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Sociological Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedTo | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
conflict theory
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pluralist sociology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
distinction between realistic and nonrealistic conflict
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social conflict can have integrative functions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Greedy Institutions
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Masters of Sociological Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Men of Ideas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Functions of Social Conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding member of the sociology department at Brandeis University
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president of the American Sociological Association ⓘ |
| spouse | Rose Laub Coser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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