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Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26.
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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Sociologist Niklas Luhmann was #BOTD in 1927 in Lüneburg, Germany. A student of Talcott Parsons, Luhmann eventually left his mentor’s tradition, becoming a renowned systems theorist in his own right. His work explored complexity and self-referential systems in modern society.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Sociologist Niklas Luhmann was #BOTD in 1927 in Lüneburg, Germany. A student of Talcott Parsons, Luhmann eventually left his mentor’s tradition, becoming a renowned systems theorist in his own right. His work explored complexity and self-referential systems in modern society.
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Is AI ethics failing to address the true problem?
Peter Asaro's 2023 "Politicizing Data: AI Ethics as a Social Critique of Algorithms" critiques individual responsibility models.
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Peter Asaro's 2023 "Politicizing Data: AI Ethics as a Social Critique of Algorithms" critiques individual responsibility models.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is AI ethics failing to address the true problem?
Peter Asaro's 2023 "Politicizing Data: AI Ethics as a Social Critique of Algorithms" critiques individual responsibility models.
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Peter Asaro's 2023 "Politicizing Data: AI Ethics as a Social Critique of Algorithms" critiques individual responsibility models.
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Here's what was popular with our readers in November:
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December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here's what was popular with our readers in November:
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Is “imperialism” too vague for scholars? Why does linguistics need sociologists?
This #TBT we go back to our Winter 1967 issue, which, in addition to exploring the questions above, tackled semantic chaos, one-party regimes, and G. H. Mead.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
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This #TBT we go back to our Winter 1967 issue, which, in addition to exploring the questions above, tackled semantic chaos, one-party regimes, and G. H. Mead.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Is “imperialism” too vague for scholars? Why does linguistics need sociologists?
This #TBT we go back to our Winter 1967 issue, which, in addition to exploring the questions above, tackled semantic chaos, one-party regimes, and G. H. Mead.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
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This #TBT we go back to our Winter 1967 issue, which, in addition to exploring the questions above, tackled semantic chaos, one-party regimes, and G. H. Mead.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
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US professional soccer has long prioritized profit over global norms.
Chris Bolsmann’s “Men’s Professional Soccer in the United States” traces how investor interests, rule changes for American tastes, and immigration have shaped the proverbial sport of tomorrow.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Chris Bolsmann’s “Men’s Professional Soccer in the United States” traces how investor interests, rule changes for American tastes, and immigration have shaped the proverbial sport of tomorrow.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
US professional soccer has long prioritized profit over global norms.
Chris Bolsmann’s “Men’s Professional Soccer in the United States” traces how investor interests, rule changes for American tastes, and immigration have shaped the proverbial sport of tomorrow.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Chris Bolsmann’s “Men’s Professional Soccer in the United States” traces how investor interests, rule changes for American tastes, and immigration have shaped the proverbial sport of tomorrow.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Why do we give? This #GivingTuesday explore the roots of altruism, the balance of private & public aid, and global giving traditions.
Read “Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers” for a deep dive into the philosophy, psychology, and politics of generosity.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
Read “Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers” for a deep dive into the philosophy, psychology, and politics of generosity.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why do we give? This #GivingTuesday explore the roots of altruism, the balance of private & public aid, and global giving traditions.
Read “Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers” for a deep dive into the philosophy, psychology, and politics of generosity.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
Read “Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers” for a deep dive into the philosophy, psychology, and politics of generosity.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
This #CyberMonday, dive deep into the world shaping your future with our two-part issue: “Algorithms” and “Persons Without Qualities: Algorithms, AI, and the Reshaping of Ourselves” from 2019.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This #CyberMonday, dive deep into the world shaping your future with our two-part issue: “Algorithms” and “Persons Without Qualities: Algorithms, AI, and the Reshaping of Ourselves” from 2019.
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Can hospitality truly mediate the tension between our commitment to personal identity and our obligation to universal humanity?
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Can hospitality truly mediate the tension between our commitment to personal identity and our obligation to universal humanity?
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Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Social Research! 🦃 We're thankful for all the scholars advancing knowledge and fostering understanding, and wishing everyone a day of reflection and gratitude.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Social Research! 🦃 We're thankful for all the scholars advancing knowledge and fostering understanding, and wishing everyone a day of reflection and gratitude.
Sociologist Alberto Melucci was #BOTD in 1943 in Rimini, Italy. His work focused on contemporary social movements, exploring their symbolic and cultural dimensions and role in postindustrial society.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sociologist Alberto Melucci was #BOTD in 1943 in Rimini, Italy. His work focused on contemporary social movements, exploring their symbolic and cultural dimensions and role in postindustrial society.
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Sociologist Lewis A. Coser was #BOTD in 1913 in Berlin, Germany. His dissertation, “The Functions of Social Conflict,” became a classic in social theory and was one of the bestselling sociology books of the 20th century.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sociologist Lewis A. Coser was #BOTD in 1913 in Berlin, Germany. His dissertation, “The Functions of Social Conflict,” became a classic in social theory and was one of the bestselling sociology books of the 20th century.
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American historian Charles A. Beard was #BOTD in 1874 in Knightstown, Indiana. His work explored economic determinism in the founding of the United States and challenged traditional views of the Constitution.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
American historian Charles A. Beard was #BOTD in 1874 in Knightstown, Indiana. His work explored economic determinism in the founding of the United States and challenged traditional views of the Constitution.
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The global narrative on Gulf football is often Eurocentric and reductive.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The global narrative on Gulf football is often Eurocentric and reductive.
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#TodayinHistory marks the disappearance of the infamous unidentified man who in 1971 hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight under the alias D. B. Cooper. His unknown fate and the unsolved crime have led to decades of mystery and conspiracy theories.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#TodayinHistory marks the disappearance of the infamous unidentified man who in 1971 hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight under the alias D. B. Cooper. His unknown fate and the unsolved crime have led to decades of mystery and conspiracy theories.
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Can political order truly exist if ethical values are inherently irreconcilable?
This week’s essential #SundayRead questions legitimate authority in Peter Murphy’s “Moralities, Rule Choice, and the Universal Legislator” from our Winter 1983 issue.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
This week’s essential #SundayRead questions legitimate authority in Peter Murphy’s “Moralities, Rule Choice, and the Universal Legislator” from our Winter 1983 issue.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Can political order truly exist if ethical values are inherently irreconcilable?
This week’s essential #SundayRead questions legitimate authority in Peter Murphy’s “Moralities, Rule Choice, and the Universal Legislator” from our Winter 1983 issue.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
This week’s essential #SundayRead questions legitimate authority in Peter Murphy’s “Moralities, Rule Choice, and the Universal Legislator” from our Winter 1983 issue.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
Sociologist Dennis H. Wrong was #BOTD in 1923 in Toronto, Canada. His research dug into social class divisions, challenged the notion that people are completely molded by society, and investigated the point where conformity stops.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sociologist Dennis H. Wrong was #BOTD in 1923 in Toronto, Canada. His research dug into social class divisions, challenged the notion that people are completely molded by society, and investigated the point where conformity stops.
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Reposted by Social Research: An International Quarterly
I published a piece in this special issue of Social Research, “The Devil is in the Details:Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football.” I know it is behind a paywall for many, but the abstracts alone are pretty exciting.
Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26.
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I published a piece in this special issue of Social Research, “The Devil is in the Details:Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football.” I know it is behind a paywall for many, but the abstracts alone are pretty exciting.
What made 20th-century science so revolutionary?
For this #TBT, we revisit our Fall 1984 issue, "Modern Masters of Science." It details the pivotal work of scholars and theorists like Bohr, Pauling, Szilard, Wegener, and Schrödinger in physics, molecular biology, genetics, and earth science.
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For this #TBT, we revisit our Fall 1984 issue, "Modern Masters of Science." It details the pivotal work of scholars and theorists like Bohr, Pauling, Szilard, Wegener, and Schrödinger in physics, molecular biology, genetics, and earth science.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What made 20th-century science so revolutionary?
For this #TBT, we revisit our Fall 1984 issue, "Modern Masters of Science." It details the pivotal work of scholars and theorists like Bohr, Pauling, Szilard, Wegener, and Schrödinger in physics, molecular biology, genetics, and earth science.
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For this #TBT, we revisit our Fall 1984 issue, "Modern Masters of Science." It details the pivotal work of scholars and theorists like Bohr, Pauling, Szilard, Wegener, and Schrödinger in physics, molecular biology, genetics, and earth science.
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The late sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman was #BOTD in 1925 in Poznań, Poland. His work explored liquid modernity, consumerism, and the Holocaust. Bauman's analysis of contemporary life is a testament to endurance.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The late sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman was #BOTD in 1925 in Poznań, Poland. His work explored liquid modernity, consumerism, and the Holocaust. Bauman's analysis of contemporary life is a testament to endurance.
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Reposted by Social Research: An International Quarterly
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Social Research: An International Quarterly
Vol. 92, No. 3, Fall 2025
Special Issue: Football Politics
Guest Editor: Sean Jacobs
tinyurl.com/4mhkxr5d
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Bolsmann, Gijsbert Oonk, Diego Vilches Parra, Brenda Elsey, Jung Woo Lee, CK Snyder, and more!
Social Research: An International Quarterly
Vol. 92, No. 3, Fall 2025
Special Issue: Football Politics
Guest Editor: Sean Jacobs
tinyurl.com/4mhkxr5d
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Bolsmann, Gijsbert Oonk, Diego Vilches Parra, Brenda Elsey, Jung Woo Lee, CK Snyder, and more!
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Social Research: An International Quarterly
Vol. 92, No. 3, Fall 2025
Special Issue: Football Politics
Guest Editor: Sean Jacobs
tinyurl.com/4mhkxr5d
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Bolsmann, Gijsbert Oonk, Diego Vilches Parra, Brenda Elsey, Jung Woo Lee, CK Snyder, and more!
Social Research: An International Quarterly
Vol. 92, No. 3, Fall 2025
Special Issue: Football Politics
Guest Editor: Sean Jacobs
tinyurl.com/4mhkxr5d
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Bolsmann, Gijsbert Oonk, Diego Vilches Parra, Brenda Elsey, Jung Woo Lee, CK Snyder, and more!
Reposted by Social Research: An International Quarterly
Here is it. Find my piece on the future of world-cups; where I months ago already predicted future importance of diaspora-teams and post-colonial teams like Morocco and Suriname . All related to changing citizenship regimes and migration as well history.
⚽ ⚽ Congratulations to Sean Jacobs, the guest editor, and all the authors ⚽ ⚽
Here is what's in it:
And read it is full here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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Here is what's in it:
And read it is full here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here is it. Find my piece on the future of world-cups; where I months ago already predicted future importance of diaspora-teams and post-colonial teams like Morocco and Suriname . All related to changing citizenship regimes and migration as well history.
Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26.
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26.
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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What did the fall of the Iron Curtain mean for social thought & politics? How did nations like Poland & Hungary navigate their transition from state socialism? For this #SundayRead, we explore the tumultuous shift of East Europe from communism to democracy.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What did the fall of the Iron Curtain mean for social thought & politics? How did nations like Poland & Hungary navigate their transition from state socialism? For this #SundayRead, we explore the tumultuous shift of East Europe from communism to democracy.
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#TodayInHistory Nov. 15, 1969: Around 2 million people marched down to Washington, DC, for the Vietnam War Moratorium, the largest antiwar protest in US history at its time.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#TodayInHistory Nov. 15, 1969: Around 2 million people marched down to Washington, DC, for the Vietnam War Moratorium, the largest antiwar protest in US history at its time.
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Are we the citizens we ought to be?
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Are we the citizens we ought to be?
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...