The Strait of Hormuz blockade shows that global trade isn't just about oil—it's about survival.
This #TBT looks at “Human Rights and the Global Economy,” with De Schutter and others warning of fragmented governance where trade trumps human rights.
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Durkheim’s review of Georg Simmel’s “Philosophy of Money” bridges the gap between acknowledging the classics and actually understanding them. A must-read for anyone navigating the deep legacy of social theory.
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His work on social integration and the structures that bind us together revolutionized how we study society by emphasizing "social facts" and collective consciousness.
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Émile Durkheim, a founding father of sociology who championed the study of "social facts" and social cohesion, was #BOTD in 1858 in Épinal, France.
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Trump’s "plain speak" isn't just style—it’s a calculated linguistic reform.
In our most recent issue, Aurora Donzelli explores "metapragmatic gaslighting" and the "linguistic state of exception," where shared norms are suspended to build a hypercapitalist, ultrareactionary order.
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He argues that while vast amounts of information are theoretically available, our "life-world" remains fragmented, as the deep gaps between specialized systems are often what allow those fields to succeed.
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In his 1946 essay "The Well-Informed Citizen" Schütz explores the modern struggle to integrate specialized knowledge.
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#BOTD in 1899 in Vienna, Austria, was philosopher and phenomenologist Alfred Schütz. He bridged phenomenology and sociology, showing how we navigate daily life through a "stock of knowledge" and shared meanings.
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Amaze. Amaze. Amaze.
As we look toward Artemis II & our return to the moon, it’s vital to reflect on how politics shapes science. This #SundayRead, David Kaiser’s "The Physics of Spin" explores how the Cold War era fused physics with power.
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Beyond being our best friends, could our animals also be our fellow citizens?
This #NationalPetDay, we’re exploring, with authors Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, how to do politics WITH animals, recognizing their agency, interests, and voices.
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She argued that the party’s "titanic work" wasn’t just administrative—it was a battle against the "habit of half-truths." By labeling these omissions as "worse than lies," she insisted that only radical honesty could clear the "obstructions" to societal development.
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In "Perestroika and Sociology," Zaslavskaya captured the moral urgency of the 1987 Soviet Communist Party leadership plenum.
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Happy Birthday to Tatyana Zaslavskaya! The visionary sociologist who dared to diagnose the "human factor" in the Soviet system was #BOTD in 1927 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her 1983 Novosibirsk Report shattered myths by proving that rigid central planning stifled social growth.
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Published in 1973, Bottomore’s “Is There a Totalitarian View of Human Nature?” examines how 20th-century political systems shaped our understanding of a complex concept, from Arendt’s “total terror” to the pursuit of a “total social revolution.”
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#BOTD in 1920 was British sociologist Thomas Bottomore. He bridged the gap between Marxist theory and democratic realism, dissecting social hierarchies to make sense of our modern class struggles.
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He highlighted the urgent need for unauthorized exposure when official secrecy shields misguided practices from the public.
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In "Secrecy and National Security Whistleblowing," published in 2010, he argued that while "national security" agencies hide the most catastrophic policies, they see the least whistleblowing.
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American activist and economist Daniel Ellsberg was #BOTD in 1931 in Chicago, IL. A former military analyst, he risked a life sentence to leak the "Pentagon Papers," exposing decades of government deceit regarding the Vietnam War.
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👀 Sophie Lewis, “Destroy the Family to Realize Its Promise: Abolition as Care Communization” (Winter 2025), muse.jhu.edu/article...
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👀 Jacob Metcalf, Emanuel Moss, and danah boyd, “Owning Ethics: Corporate Logics, Silicon Valley, and the Institutionalization of Ethics” (Summer 2019), muse.jhu.edu/article...
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👀 Bernard E. Harcourt, “Being and Becoming: Rethinking Identity Politics” (Summer 2022), muse.jhu.edu/article...
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👀 Fabio Parasecoli, “Food, Identity, and Cultural Reproduction in Immigrant Communities” (Summer 2014), muse.jhu.edu/article...
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👀 Clare Birchall and Peter Knight, “Do Your Own Research: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet” (Fall 2022), muse.jhu.edu/article...
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Our monthly TOP 5 is here. Here's what our readers liked in March:
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#BOTD in 1588, Thomas Hobbes remains the "father of modern political philosophy."
This #SundayRead joins Seyla Benhabib as she delves into his “Leviathan” through modern antinomies: reason vs. passion and the individual vs. the collective.
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King mastered what Jerome Bruner calls the "Pragmatics of Language"—using words not just to speak, but to get things done and stipulate a shared social world of justice.
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Today marks the 58th year since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.
#TodayinHistory, we ask the question: How did "I Have a Dream" actually change reality?
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Today marks 21 years since the passing of Pope John Paul II, a moment that shook the "secular" world. This #TBT, we revisit Summer 1974’s “Religion,” which anticipated this tension, featuring Talcott Parsons on civil religion and William F. May on the strategy of terror.
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