Korom Philipp
Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Eur J Cult Polit Sociol. 2019 Feb 26;6(4):448-473. doi: 10.1080/23254823.2019.1570859. eCollection 2019.
Seymour M. Lipset was one of the leading scholars of his generation in political science and sociology. Empirically, this article highlights divergent receptions of Lipset in both disciplines: while Lipset experiences increasing visibility in political science, his visibility in sociology turns out to be rather transitory. To better understand these divergent legacies, this paper identifies major topics in Lipset's oeuvre and reconstructs the ideas that received the most attention in both disciplines since the 1950s. It becomes apparent that the demise of Lipset in sociology can be explained through his decreasing impact on social stratification research and the fact that three major contributions, and never entered the sociological canon. In contrast, Lipset's work on democracy has gained a strong foothold in political science and his groundbreaking 'cleavage theory' is of continuing relevance to political scientists.
西摩·M·李普塞特是他那一代政治学和社会学领域的顶尖学者之一。从实证角度来看，本文突出了李普塞特在这两个学科中截然不同的接受度：在政治学领域，李普塞特的知名度不断提高，而在社会学领域，他的知名度却相当短暂。为了更好地理解这些不同的遗产，本文确定了李普塞特著作中的主要主题，并重构了自20世纪50年代以来在这两个学科中最受关注的思想。很明显，李普塞特在社会学领域的衰落可以通过他对社会分层研究的影响力下降以及三大贡献从未进入社会学经典这一事实来解释。相比之下，李普塞特关于民主的研究在政治学领域站稳了脚跟，他开创性的“裂痕理论”对政治学家仍具有持续的相关性。
