Sociology of sociology

Sociology of sociology is an area of sociology that combines social theories with analysis of the effect of socio-historical contexts in sociological intellectual production. For the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, the task of the sociology of sociology is to debrief accepted truths, focusing on the questioning of canons and acting towards new epistemologies. In the history of British sociology, A. H. Halsey suggests an evoking connection between political economic regimes in the 20th century and the development of sociology as an academic discipline.