Randall Collins

Randall Collins studied at Harvard University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Philosophy. His recorded influences include Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, Marcel Mauss and W. Lloyd Warner.

Randall Collins worked in sociology.

He was employed by University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Riverside, University of Virginia and University of California, San Diego. Recorded position is President of the American Sociological Association. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

36 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1794 to 2017.

Teori͡ia obshchestva. CULTURAL PRODUCTION CYCLES. The discovery of society, dated 1972. Violence. The credential society, dated 1979. Łańcuchy rytuałów interakcyjnych. Sociology of marriage & the family, dated 2001. Sociological theory, 1983. Three sociological traditions. Conflict Sociology A Sociological Classic Updated. The case of the philosopher's ring, dated 1978. Interaction Ritual Chains (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology), dated 2004. Sociological Theory, 1984, dated 1984. Conflict sociology, dated 1975. Max Weber, dated 1985. Sociological insight, dated 1982. Sociology Since Mid-Century, dated 1981. Sociology of marriage and the family, dated 1985. Four sociological traditions. Theoretical sociology. Macrohistory. Cuatro tradiciones sociológicas. Sociology of Marriage and Family. Weberian sociological theory. The sociology of philosophies. The case of the philosophers' ring by Dr. John H. Watson. New Issues in Universal Service Provision (Media & Communications). Untitled, dated 1856/79, ambrotype, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.721. The Birmingham News, 1963, dated 2017, twice-embossed archival newsprint, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2024.1030a-r. Violence : A Micro-sociological Theory / Randall Collins, Randall Collins., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection. The Sociology of Philosophies : A Global Theory of Intellectual Change / Randall Collins., dated 2002, held by Wellcome Collection. Papers of M H F Wilkins: correspondence about John Randall, including Wilkins’ draft obituary for The Times, dated 1948-1978, held by Wellcome Collection. Human inquiry : a sourcebook of new paradigm research / edited by Peter Reason and John Rowan., dated 1981, held by Wellcome Collection. Letters and papers of Helen Alice Dorothy Barlow, dated 1888-1975, held by Wellcome Collection. Letters to George Newman from various correspondents, dated 1890-1940, held by Wellcome Collection. Professional and other correspondence, dated 1794-1944, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Collins, Randall, Encyclopedia of Social Theory, 2005. Randall Collins’ Analytical Conflict Theory, Contemporary Sociological Theory, 2013. Randall Collins and the Law of Limited Numbers, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2013. Randall Collins: Interaction Ritual Chains, Schlüsselwerke der Emotionssoziologie, 2022. Randall Collins, Jenseits des Leistungsprinzips, 2013. Jornadas na sociedade em rede, Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo, 2025. LAS DOS CARAS DE LA CULTURA FESTIVA ALTERNATIVA. EL MOVIMIENTO FREE PARTY COMO ESPACIO DE CONFORMACIÓN DE NUEVAS IDENTIDADES Y SUBJETIVIDADES FEMENINAS, Asparkía, 2022. Conflitto e solidarietà sociale. Il ruolo delle emozioni e della morale nell’impianto teorico di Randall Collins, Culture e Studi del Sociale, 2019. La disciplina de las relaciones internacionales en Brasil: un análisis desde la sociología de la ciencia, Revista Científica General José María Córdova, 2019. Cross-cultural dialogue in the ethno-confessional space through the prism of the theory of intelligent networks by Randall Collins, Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019. Negative Emotional Energy: A Theory of the “Dark-Side” of Interaction Ritual Chains, Social Sciences, 2015. El profesor como catalizador de energía emocional frente a la ambivalencia del nuevo entorno tecno-educativo, Educação e Pesquisa, 2016. Neill Gross versus Pierre Bourdieu. ¿Estrategia o autocomprensión? Reflexiones sobre un falso debate en sociología de la filosofía, Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2024.

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Collins, R. La Sociedad Credencialista. Sociología Histórica De La Educación Y De La Estratificación [ocr] [1989] (1989) — Internet Archive. Shadows Of Time (1970) — Internet Archive. Four Sociological Traditions (1994) — Internet Archive. Quattro tradizioni sociologiche. Manuale introduttivo di storia della sociologia (1996) — Internet Archive. Collins Microfoundations Macrosociology 1981 (1981) — Internet Archive. Sociology of marriage and the family (1995) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Randall Collins studied at Harvard University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is sociology. Max Weber, Émile Durkheim and Erving Goffman are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Riverside. Positions recorded include President of the American Sociological Association. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Ludwik Fleck Prize.