Supposedly, it would be a sub-field of sociology of knowledge. However, entering sociology of knowledge, I realized that there is no clear distincting between philosophy, history and sociology of science. So, sociology of science is only partly sociological (and does include people like Feyerabend that reject explicitly a sociology of science).
This becomes even more complicated if we focus on sociology as an object of study. There are some attempts (most famously, Wallerstein, also Luhmann, Bourdieu and Meyer have something to say), but it seems that they are not systematic.
Do you know of studies, classics, attempts to systematize a "sociology of sociology"?
Please let me know if this reference/site is helpful to you:
The Sociology of Sociology - Aug 18, 2016 - SAGE Journals
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0048393107307665In this recent history of British sociology, Andrew Halsey suggests an intriguing connection between political economic régimes in the twentieth century and the ...
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Dennis Mazur
Indeed, there is no systematic approach to the sociology of sociology. But maybe a look at George Ritzer's metatheoretical work will be helpful.
Regards, CT
Dear Dennis Mazur, I just had time to check the article: while it is quite interesting, it would fall clearly in what I call history of sociology. I am looking more for attempts to apply theories and methods of sociology on sociology itself.
It could be an approach towards a synthesis of knowledge deriving its roots both from classical sociological perspectives and the contemporary branches of sociology as a discipline.
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