Sociology Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/section/sociology/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:17:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Sociology Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/section/sociology/ 32 32 “Dignity Matters as Much as Material Needs”: Michèle Lamont on Recognition Claims and Understanding American Politics https://www.publicbooks.org/dignity-matters-as-much-as-material-needs-michele-lamont-on-recognition-claims-and-understanding-american-politics/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53450 “To recognize the existence of injuries requires the recognition of others and their dignity.”

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]]> The Seduction of Desert Spectacles: Talking “Arid Empire” with Natalie Koch and Andrew Curley https://www.publicbooks.org/the-seduction-of-desert-spectacles-talking-arid-empire-with-natalie-koch-and-andrew-curley/ Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:00:26 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=52817 “You cannot divorce domestic empire from international empire. Those histories created one another.”

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]]> Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: Lorraine Daston on the History of Rules https://www.publicbooks.org/cooking-monasteries-arithmetic-lorraine-daston-on-the-history-of-rules/ Fri, 19 May 2023 15:00:02 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=52181 “There is a deadly earnestness with which children take up whatever rules have been established for a particular context.”

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]]> The Art We Do Together: “Art Worlds” 40th Anniversary https://www.publicbooks.org/sociology-of-art-howard-becker-art-worlds/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:00:24 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=49711 Howard Becker pointed out that critics, curators, suppliers, and administrators are as important to the creation of art as artists themselves.

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]]> Are There “Good-Enough” Feminists? https://www.publicbooks.org/are-there-good-enough-feminists/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=47192 The way women practice feminism differs between Quebec and France, especially in how they welcome—or don’t—Muslim women.

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]]> This Land Is My Land https://www.publicbooks.org/this-land-is-my-land/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:00:55 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=46290 Many landowners view themselves as environmental stewards. But can the environment ever be protected within the frame of private property?

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]]> Getting Upsold by Real Estate https://www.publicbooks.org/getting-upsold-by-real-estate/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:00:49 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=43812 When prospective home buyers hire a real estate agent, they may end up getting more than they had pictured themselves bargaining for.

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]]> We Can’t Look Away from the Courts: An Interview with Matthew Clair https://www.publicbooks.org/we-cant-look-away-from-the-courts-an-interview-with-matthew-clair/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:00:38 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=42479 "I see disadvantaged defendants’ cultivated expertise as accurate, even though it is often invalidated and punished."[none-for-homepage]

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]]> What Does a “Click” Count For? https://www.publicbooks.org/what-does-a-click-count-for/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:00:58 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=42071 In the digital world, metrics mean everything. But who interprets just what they mean changes across organizations, countries, and cultures.

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]]> Storytelling Is Big Business https://www.publicbooks.org/storytelling-is-big-business/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:00:30 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=41932 When creating and selling culture, you’re also selling a story about that culture—for good and for ill.

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