The ideology concept remained marginal in American empirical social science

Evidence

In his introduction to this section, Merton self-consciously signaled these pieces as marking the “rediscovery” of the concept of ideology for American social science. This “rediscovery” was conducted in the context of a general contrast between two radically different styles of thought—the European (where the concept has played a significant role) and the American (where it had up to that point been largely absent). But Merton’s opening was not followed by a flood of new studies informed by this concept. What he called “the sociology of knowledge” has, until very recently, remained a minority interest in American empirical social science. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 320

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Frankfurt School work on ideology critique and why it never took root in American sociology. — connects to: The study of ideology long remained absent from American social science despite promising sites; Humanists’ ideology stays incidental while social scientists’ is woven into their material; American sociology avoided ideology because it avoided Marxism, substituting norms and values — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 321
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The study of ideology long remained absent from American social science despite promising sites; Humanists’ ideology stays incidental while social scientists’ is woven into their material; American sociology avoided ideology because it avoided Marxism, substituting norms and values — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 321

Broader Connections

• The study of ideology long remained absent from American social science despite promising sites #expands (0.93)
• Humanists’ ideology stays incidental while social scientists’ is woven into their material #complicates (0.75)