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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 48m

While hailed as an economic alternative, China's 1990s postsocialist pension/healthcare reforms shifted massive risks onto households—exposing deep vulnerabilities under neoliberal social policies today. muse.jhu.edu/article... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 48m

#TodayinHistory 1949: The Declaration of the People's Republic of China 75 years later, has Mao’s socialism been superseded by neoliberalism? 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 29/09/2026

In the 1974 article "Citizenship: Two Traditions," he argued that Western citizenship is a dynamic historical process rather than a static legal status, distinguishing it from traditional Asian state models. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 29/09/2026

Robert Nisbet, #BOTD in 1913 in Los Angeles, was an American sociologist and professor known for his seminal work on community, authority, and the historical decline of intermediate social institutions. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 28/09/2026

In “What Are We Bounding, and Whom, When We Bound Social Research?" (Winter 1995) Wallerstein investigates the social creation of academic boundaries, showing how strict divisions in inquiry emerged primarily between 1750 and 1850 in Western Europe but crystallized only by the mid-20th century. 2/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 28/09/2026

#BOTD in 1930 in New York City was renowned sociologist and pioneer of world-systems analysis Immanuel Wallerstein. He transformed how we understand global capitalism and historical social structures. 1/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 27/09/2026

As we wait for winds and waves to subside, this #SundayRead explores Michael Oppenheimer’s insights on climate change, rising sea levels, and the urgent need for long-term coastal adaptation policies to bridge the gap between risk and implementation. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 27/09/2026

September usually marks the statistical peak of the hurricane season. Luckily for communities that often lie in hurricanes’ path, the Atlantic basin has not seen a major storm this year. However, the Eastern Seaboard is now in the grip of a rare for this season nor’easter. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 25/09/2026

How do the things we leave behind online reshape grief? Davide Sisto looks at online mourning in “Social Media as Thanatechnology,” examining how platforms and thanatechnology transform profiles into public spaces for memory and grief, community, and new digital rituals. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 24/09/2026

In her 1986 essay, "Squaring the Hermeneutic Circle," Shklar critiques the rise of interpretive social science, examining the limitations of treating social actions and history as texts to be decoded. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 24/09/2026

Judith N. Shklar, #BOTD in 1928 in Riga, Latvia, was a political theorist and the first woman to be tenured (in 1971) by Harvard’s Department of Government. She’s best known for contributions to liberalism, the philosophy of fear, and the complexities of political injustice. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 22/09/2026

In "The Lost Treasure of Solidarity," Elzbieta Matynia traces the legacy of Solidarność to the 1989 Roundtable. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 22/09/2026

#TodayinHistory in 1980: The birth of Solidarność, Poland’s Solidarity movement, a surge of civil resistance amid an economic crisis and the Helsinki Accords. Solidarity played a key role in bringing about the end of communism in Europe at the close of the decade. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 20/09/2026

How do scientists actually talk about discovery? Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (and poet) Roald Hoffmann and chemist and science writer Pierre Laszlo explore the vital role of informal speech, molecular doodles, and dialogues in shaping scientific creativity. www.jstor.org/stable...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 20/09/2026

“On the Intention of Rousseau,” one of only two articles Strauss ever published in “Social Research,” gives an in-depth look into Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s views on the relationship between philosophy, science, morality, society, and democracy. www.jstor.org/stable... 3/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 20/09/2026

After escaping Nazi Germany for the US in 1937, for 10 years he taught at the New School and served on the editorial board of “Social Research,” heading it for 2 years. 2/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 20/09/2026

Leo Strauss, #BOTD in 1899, was a towering German-American political philosopher and historian renowned for reviving classical political rationalism and championing esoteric reading of texts. 1/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 18/09/2026

As traditional mourning rituals faded, we shifted toward a psychologized "new work of grief"—centered on personal stories and continuing bonds. Explore Joseph E. Davis’s take on technology and loss as he discusses the cultural shift that may prime us for AI griefbots. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 17/09/2026

What if the Constitution's truest defenders were also its deepest paradoxes? For #ConstitutionDay, this #TBT looks back at our Fall 1987 Bicentennial issue exploring freedom, civil religion, and the enduring transatlantic dialogue. www.jstor.org/stable...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 16/09/2026

In the 1991 essay "The Long March from Hearth to Heart," he reflected on Ahmad Baba, the 16th-century Timbuktu Islamic scholar exiled across the Sahara by Moroccan conquerors, exploring themes of displacement and resilience. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 16/09/2026

#BOTD in 1939 was South African writer, poet, and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach. His works embedded searing political critiques and opposition to the ruling regime, leading to years of solitary confinement and exile. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 15/09/2026

Henri Zuckier argued in “The Twisted Road to Genocide” (published in 1994) that the Holocaust was the self-seduction of a nation down a twisted, psychological road to brutality. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 15/09/2026

#TodayInHistory: In 1935 Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws that stripped Jews of citizenship and institutionalized antisemitism, taking yet another step toward the “final solution.” 1/2

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Public Seminar @publicseminar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Jeff Dolven explores the history and meaning of that most taken-for-granted of linguistic building blocks, the sentence, and asks if it might not be possible to imagine a new technic for writing. @socres.org publicseminar.org/2026/09/the-...

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The End of the Sentence - Public Seminar

Jeff Dolven explores the function, history, and relative importance of a workhorse of speech: the sentence.

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 13/09/2026

In our Summer 1948 issue, Locke reviewed sociologist Howard Odum’s book “The Way of the South,” critiquing its flawed solutions to racial migration and calling for genuine democratic leadership and integrated interracial collaboration. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 13/09/2026

Alain Locke, #BOTD in 1885 in Philadelphia, was a pioneering African American scholar, the first Black Rhodes Scholar, and a prominent philosophy professor who profoundly shaped the Harlem Renaissance. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 11/09/2026

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we reflect on George Kateb’s "A Life of Fear" as we remember all the lives lost. Kateb examines the roots of tragedy and warns against the creeping tyranny of state violence and torture. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 10/09/2026

In his 1995 keynote at "In the Company of Animals," he reflected on Robert Burns's poem "To A Louse" to explore human perspectives on invertebrates, as well as nature and humanity. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 10/09/2026

Celebrating Stephen Jay Gould, #BOTD in 1941 in New York. A paleontologist & evolutionary biologist, Gould coauthored the theory of punctuated equilibrium & popularized science to millions. He was a professor at Harvard University & worked at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 09/09/2026

Death isn’t the end anymore—at least, not with our technology. In Fall 2026’s “Disrupting Death,” guest editors Joseph E. Davis, William Hasselberger, and Paul Scherz go through how grieftech and emerging tech are rewriting mourning, memory, and the human condition. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 08/09/2026

Is work a divine curse or our highest expression? This #LaborDay, explore our complicated relationship with labor, leisure, and human potential with Alan Ryan’s “Keeping Busy.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 06/09/2026

On the heels of our just-published issue “Disrupting Death,” we revisit philosopher Burkhard Liebsch’s 2016 article in which he challenges the “quadripartite dogma” of mourning, arguing that grief can instead be a powerful political force that connects us to the world. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 06/09/2026

Why do we still cling to the idea that grief is private and meant to be overcome? 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

📍 Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, “Doing Politics with Animals” (Winter 2023) muse.jhu.edu/article... 6/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

📍 Regina Rini, “What Socrates Didn't Write” (Summer 2026) muse.jhu.edu/article... 5/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

📍 Jerome Bruner, “Life as Narrative” (Spring 1987, republished Fall 2004) muse.jhu.edu/article... 4/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

📍 Ellen Schrecker, “McCarthyism: Political Repression and the Fear of Communism” (Winter 2004) muse.jhu.edu/article... 3/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

📍 Gina Schouten, “The Philosophy and Politics of Liberal Feminism” (Spring 2025) muse.jhu.edu/article... 2/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 05/09/2026

It’s a new month. Let’s see what our readers favored in the last month of summer. 1/6

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 03/09/2026

How do philosophy and cognitive science tackle the mysteries of the mind? This #TBT goes back to Spring 1993’s “Mind,” with John R. Searle on consciousness, Hubert L. Dreyfus on intentionality, and more. www.jstor.org/stable...

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 01/09/2026

The issue features articles by: ➠ Joseph Е. Davis ➠ Davide Sisto ➠ Joseph E. Davis and Cassandra Sever ➠ Anne Allison ➠ Jarrett Zigon ➠ Elizabeth A. Frazier ➠ William Hasselberger and Micah Lott ➠ Carla Ganito ➠ Laurie Zoloth ➠ Paul Scherz (read them here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...) 3/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 01/09/2026

Here’s the table of contents for “Disrupting Death” (find all articles at muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...). 2/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 01/09/2026

Fall 2026 issue of Social Research—“Disrupting Death,” guest edited by Joseph E. Davis, William Hasselberger, and Paul Scherz—is here! Check out the abstracts on www.socres.org and read the complete issue on Project Muse, muse.jhu.edu/issue/5.... 1/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 01/09/2026

To further understand how terror and ideology mold modern politics, read our 2002 issue "The Origins of Totalitarianism: Fifty Years Later," which reflects on Hannah Arendt’s analysis of totalitarian movements and regimes of the 20th century—Nazism and Bolshevism. muse.jhu.edu/issue/3... 2/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 01/09/2026

#TodayinHistory: 87 years ago, at 5:30 a.m., Hitler’s armies invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II. The invasion followed the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. 1/2

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 30/08/2026

In “The View from Jerusalem,” part of the Fall 2009 “Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times,” Avineri warns about the real possibility & grave danger of intellectual & political conformity—be it neoconservative or liberal—at universities, of academe becoming a monolithic phalanx. 2/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 30/08/2026

Israeli political scientist, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and public intellectual Shlomo Avineri was #BOTD in 1933 in a small town in southwest Poland, which his family left a few months before his 6th birthday and the start of World War II. 1/3

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Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org · 28/08/2026

In a 1937 issue of the journal, dedicated to the 4th anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate Faculty at the New School, Wirth argued that thought is social, noting that culture evolves through migration, conflict, and the cross-fertilization of diverse ideas. www.jstor.org/stable... 2/2

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