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plural unsociologists
One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a marginal sociologist who is primarily an administrator committed to the institution where he or she works rather than particularly passionate about any sociological questions or issues. quotations examples
Unsociologists tend to be local. They are concerned with a small range of problems, generally those kinds of problems which deeply affect the administrative apparatus of college life […]
1967, Llewellyn Gross, Sociological Theory: Inquiries and Paradigms, page 376
Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists.
2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist