William Fielding Ogburn

William Fielding Ogburn ( born June 29, 1886 in Butler, Georgia, † April 27, 1959 in Tallahassee, Florida ) was an American sociologist.

Ogburn taught from 1914 to 1927 as a professor at Columbia University and then until his retirement (1951 ) at the University of Chicago. He was 1929 president of the American Sociological Society.

Ogburn is considered a pioneer of technology assessment ( technology assessment ). He also designed the theory of cultural lag ( cultural lag ). It says that some parts of society slowly changes can adjust (especially on technological nature ) than others. This has the result that a social imbalance is produced which leads to social difficulties, and conflicts.

Publications

  • Social Change: With Respect to Culture and Original Nature (1922 ).
  • The Social Sciences and Their Interrelations. With Alexander Alexandrovich gold Weiser. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1927.
  • Recent Social Trends ( 1933).
  • Living with Machines ( 1933).
  • Technological Trends and National Policy (1937 ).
  • War Babies and the Future ( 1943).
  • American Society in Wartime (1944 )
  • The Politics of Atomic Energy ( 1946)
  • The Social Effects of Aviation ( 1946).
  • Culture and Social Change. Selected Writings (1969).
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