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Bourdieu’s theory of the habitus explains class reproduction but undertheorizes social mobility. I address this by developing the conditions model of the habitu...

The symbolic interactionist (SI) tradition has been criticized for having an overly optimistic view of human development within democratic society. As we see an...

This essay presents a novel Marxist theory of artificial intelligence (AI) as the latest expansive form of dead labor. Drawing on Marx’s Grundrisse (1993 [1973]), I argue that modern AI systems functi...

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This essay presents a novel Marxist theory of artificial intelligence (AI) as the latest expansive form of dead labor. Drawing on Marx’s Grundrisse (1993 [1973]), I argue that modern AI systems functi...

Governments often collaborate with the private sector to design and implement major economic initiatives. In studying such state–society collaborations, sociologists tend to focus on how institutional...

The sociology of performance and action has primarily focused on how actors are able to create new renderings of the social world. However, this perspective has...

2026 Junior Theorists Symposium Program Friday, August 7, 2026 · 9:00 am – 5:30 pm EST Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU · 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 RSVP Here The 20th Junior Theorists…

What are the origins of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict? In this article, I shed new light on the beginnings of Zionist colonization and the Israeli–Palestinia...

Abstract. Dehumanization exposes how global systems of power erode human dignity by legitimizing exclusion, subjugation, and violence against marginalized populations. It operates through narratives a...

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The Crisis of the Emancipation? The 1900 Paris Exposition and Du Bois’s Negotiation with Imperial Episteme

This article reads Young-Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia.....

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A deeply researched investigation that shows how the long-held ideas protecting unlimited campaign spending as free speech that once served the needs of poli...

The fragmentation of employment relations through outsourcing and subcontracting has weakened the institutional foundations that historically sustained collecti...

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University of Michigan students, faculty and community members met for “Reimagining The Narrative," challenging narratives on race and power.

This special issue invites contributions that examine the relationship between how data is produced and how it is used. How does data about sex, gender, and ...