Sociology -- Study and teaching

Abstract In this interview Charles Lemert recalls his path through schooling and academia; he mentions his turn towards rigor in undergraduate sciences and then his turn to divinity studies, and finally his work in sociology and psychoanalyses. He discusses his studies at Divinity School and at Harvard Sociology and how amidst this education, he began working as a Protestant Minister in Needham, Massachusetts in the 1960s. He describes the circumstances that led to him leaving Massachusetts regarding...