Catholic Social Science Review

Volume 9, 2004

Toward an Integral Social Science
A History of Science Approach

Catholic social sciences and sociology have long struggled with the challenges of institutionalizing themselves in the professions and in higher education. It is suggested here that a satisfying strategy for addressing this challenge is found in the work of Edward A,Tiryakian, Particularly those that address hegemonic theory schools and the roles they played in the development of American and European Sociology. The Tiryokian variant of a theory school is explicated here and followed by a discussion, and suggestion for next steps to be taken in order to advance the intellectual and institutional changes required to establish a theory school and move the mission of Catholic social sciences forward.