▁the ▁US . ▁The ▁relationship ▁between ▁Par s ons ▁and ▁Sor ok in ▁quickly ▁ran ▁s our . ▁A ▁pattern ▁of ▁personal ▁t ensions ▁was ▁ag gra v ated ▁by ▁Sor ok in ' s ▁deep ▁dis like ▁for ▁American ▁civil ization , ▁which ▁he ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁sens ate ▁culture ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁decl ine . ▁Sor ok in ' s ▁writ ings ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁anti - s cient istic ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁years , ▁w iden ing ▁the ▁g ulf ▁between ▁his ▁work ▁and ▁Par s ons ' ▁and ▁turning ▁the ▁increasing ly ▁posit iv is it ic ▁American ▁soci ology ▁community ▁against ▁him . ▁Sor ok in ▁also ▁t ended ▁to ▁bel ittle ▁all ▁soci ology ▁t endencies ▁that ▁differ ed ▁from ▁his ▁own ▁writ ings , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁Sor ok in ▁was ▁quite ▁un pop ular ▁at ▁Harvard . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁Par s ons ' ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁department ▁of ▁soci ology ▁were ▁people ▁like ▁Robin ▁Williams ▁Jr ., ▁Robert ▁K . ▁M erton , ▁Kings ley ▁Davis , ▁Wil bert ▁Moore , ▁Edward ▁C . ▁De vere ux , ▁Log an ▁Wilson , ▁Nicholas ▁Dem er eth , ▁John ▁R iley ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁Math ilda ▁White ▁R iley . ▁Later ▁coh ort s ▁of ▁students ▁had ▁with ▁Harry ▁Johnson , ▁Bernard ▁Bar ber , ▁Mar ion ▁Le vy ▁and ▁J esse ▁R . ▁Pitts . ▁Par s ons ▁established , ▁at ▁the ▁students '