The Brief Rise and Early Decline of Radical Sociology at Washington University: 1969-1972.

Discusses reasons for the failure of the sociology department of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, to institutionalize radical sociology. Expounds on the dynamics of radical movements and the opposition they create. Describes the faculty conflicts involving questions of theory versus practice, revolution versus reform, and competing interpretations of Marxist philosophy. Examines contradictions of radical sociology. (RW)