Abstract
It will be the major task of this paper to trace some of the consequences of characterizing the sociological discipline as an 'occupation'. It will be argued that utilizing the conception of 'occupation' in a sensitizing or orientational fashion (see Blumer, I969) in relation to what has been variously referred to as 'the profession of sociology', 'the sociological enterprise', 'the discipline of sociology' leads to the observation of activities within the discipline which are 'cultic' in character. This depiction leads to a number of hypotheses about the nature of sociological inquiry and the variety of manners in which it is conducted.
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