1. Editor’s introduction: reconsidering theorists, intellectuals and sociological outlooks

   • Lawrence T. Nichols

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4

2. Blumer’s dilemma: The critic as a tragic figure

   • Joel Best

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 14

3. Critical sociologies and ressentiment: The examples of C. Wright Mills and Howard Becker

   • James R. Abbott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 30

4. Exegetical explorations: Parsons’ problematic aim

   • Bruce C. Wearne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 38

5. The public intellectual trope in the United States

   • Eleanor Townsley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 66

6. Altruism and social solidarity: Envisioning a field of specialization

   • Vincent Jeffries
   • Barry V. Johnston
   • Jay Weinstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 83

7. Unveiling the cloak of competence: Cultivating authenticity in graduate sociology

   • Antony J. Puddephatt
   • Benjamin W. Kelly
   • Michael Adorjan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 98