Alvin W. Gouldner

Alvin Ward Gouldner (1920 – 1980) wiki

" In his last decade, A1 devoted himself to two projects: the  completion  of his  trilogy on marxism, and  the  founding and development of  Theory and Society.  For  Theory and Society  he  held  the  most audacious of goals.  He wanted,  he  said,  to  bring  together  into  a  theoretical  community social  scientists  from  throughout  the  world,  all of whom he expected  to  seek one  standard:  brilliance."


 * Former President (1960-1), Society for the Study of Social Problems

Critique of Foundations

 * Alvin W. Gouldner, The Dialectic of Ideology and Technology (New York, Seabury Press, 1976), p. 241.