Sociology and Social Work: Science and Art

Authors

Robert D. Leighninger, State University of New York, Oswego
Leslie H. Leighninger, State University of New York, Oswego
Robert M. Pankin, State University of New York, Oswego

Abstract

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We live in an age of specialization and usually find it beneficial, perhaps even essential. However, we have been aware since Marx's time at least that the division of labor has its cost. And though we may be a long way from the unconpartmentalized utopia where an individual might do four different kinds of work in a single day, we cannot afford to let the assumptions which underlie the separation of important jobs and functions go without periodic reexamination. The separation of the work of the sociologist (or, indeed, any social scientist) and the social worker is one area where reconsideration is overdue. In examining the taken-for-granted bases of this division of labor, we may find they obscure more than they clarify.

Recommended Citation

Leighninger, Robert D.; Leighninger, Leslie H.; and Pankin, Robert M. (1974) "Sociology and Social Work: Science and Art," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 1: Iss. 2, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1028
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol1/iss2/8