Lewis Coser
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Lewis Coser was a German-American sociologist and intellectual known for his work on social conflict and for helping shape postwar American social thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis Alfred Coser | 1 |
| Lewis Coser canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13368481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lewis Coser Context triple: [Dissent, foundedBy, Lewis Coser]
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A.
Pitirim Sorokin
Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian-American sociologist and social philosopher known for founding Harvard’s sociology department and developing influential theories on social stratification and cultural dynamics.
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B.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
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C.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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D.
Louis Wirth
Louis Wirth was a prominent 20th-century American sociologist and member of the Chicago School, known for his influential work on urbanism, minority groups, and the sociology of the city.
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E.
Robert K. Merton
Robert K. Merton was a prominent American sociologist known for his theories of social structure and anomie, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, and major contributions to the sociology of science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lewis Coser Target entity description: Lewis Coser was a German-American sociologist and intellectual known for his work on social conflict and for helping shape postwar American social thought.
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A.
Pitirim Sorokin
Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian-American sociologist and social philosopher known for founding Harvard’s sociology department and developing influential theories on social stratification and cultural dynamics.
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B.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
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C.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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D.
Louis Wirth
Louis Wirth was a prominent 20th-century American sociologist and member of the Chicago School, known for his influential work on urbanism, minority groups, and the sociology of the city.
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E.
Robert K. Merton
Robert K. Merton was a prominent American sociologist known for his theories of social structure and anomie, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, and major contributions to the sociology of science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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intellectual ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1913-11-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Berlin ⓘ |
| causeOfMigration | escape from Nazism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEmigration | 1930s ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2003-07-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
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University of Paris (Sorbonne) ⓘ
linked to:
University of Paris
|
| employer |
Brandeis University
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State University of New York at Stony Brook ⓘ
linked to:
Stony Brook University
|
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Coser ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conflict sociology
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social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Lewis Alfred Coser
ⓘ
linked to:
Lewis Coser
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| genre | social science literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Lewis ⓘ |
| influenced |
American conflict theory
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postwar American sociology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georg Simmel
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Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridging European social theory and American sociology
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role in shaping postwar American social thought ⓘ theories of social conflict ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Sociological Association ⓘ |
| migratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| movement |
conflict theory
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pluralist sociology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
distinction between realistic and nonrealistic conflict
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social conflict can have integrative functions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Greedy Institutions
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Masters of Sociological Thought ⓘ Men of Ideas ⓘ The Functions of Social Conflict ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding member of the sociology department at Brandeis University
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president of the American Sociological Association ⓘ |
| spouse | Rose Laub Coser ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lewis Coser Description of subject: Lewis Coser was a German-American sociologist and intellectual known for his work on social conflict and for helping shape postwar American social thought.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dissent magazine
linked to: Lewis Coser