Publications
Edited Volumes
Practicing Culture (with Richard Sennett) [Taking Culture Seriously Series]
Routledge, 2007
From the publisher — Practicing Culture seeks to revitalize the field of cultural sociology with an emphasis not on abstract theoretical debates but on showing how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. Culture is not just products and representations but practices. It is made and remade in countless small ways and occasional bursts of innovation. It is something people do – and do in rich variety and distinctive contexts as engaging case studies from the book reveal.
Contemporary Sociological Theory, 2nd ed. (with Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, and Indermohan Virk)
Blackwell, 2007
From the publisher — This meticulous collection of contemporary sociological theory is the definitive guide to current perspectives and approaches in the field, examining current key topics in the field such as such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, network theory, critical theory, feminist theory, and the debates over modernity and postmodernity.
Classical Sociological Theory (with Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, Kathryn Schmidt, and Indermohan Virk)
Blackwell, 2007
From the publisher — This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate.
Sociology in America: A History
University of Chicago Press, 2007
From the publisher — Though the word “sociology” was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading sociologists to produce Sociology in America.
The Sage Handbook of Sociology (with Chris Rojek and Bryan Turner)
Sage Publications, 2006
From the publisher — [T]hree leading figures in the field of sociology were selected as editors to bring together the foremost exponents of the different strands that contribute towards the make up modern sociology. Drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, the contributors have been commissioned to utilise the most up to date research available to provide a critical, international analysis of their area of expertise. The result is this essential resource collection that not just reflects upon the condition of sociology today but also looks to future developments in the discipline.
Lessons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power
New Press, 2005
From the publisher — This final volume in the Social Science Research Council “After September 11” series examines what the experience of past empires tells us about the nature and consequences of global power. How do the goals and circumstances of the United States today compare to classical imperialist projects of rule over others, whether for economic exploitation or in pursuit of a “civilizing mission”?
Understanding September 11 (with Paul Price and Ashley Timmer)
New Press, 2002
From Publisher’s Weekly — [T]his volume comprises 24 essays by historians, sociologists and political scientists, nearly all American professors, tackling Islamic radicalism, terrorism and the politics of the new world order in the thoughtful, careful prose of the academy. Like a college course on September 11 slipped between two paper covers, this addition to the current dialogue, edited by SSRC president Calhoun and colleagues Price and Timmer, provides serious study of the “divides in perspectives,” the challenges posed to liberal democracies, and the increasing international dominance of Western culture.
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Oxford University Press, 2002
From the publisher — Featuring over 1,800 concise definitions of key terms, the Dictionary of the Social Sciences is the most comprehensive, authoritative single-volume work of its kind. With coverage on the vocabularies of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism, it is an integrated, easy-to-use, A-to-Z reference tool.
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Social Theory and the Politics of Identity
Wiley Blackwell, 1994
From the publisher — New social movements of the post-war era have brought to prominence the idea that identity can be a crucial focus for political struggle. Linked to an increasing recognition that social theory itself must put the politics of identity on center stage, this volume impels social theorists not only to make sense of the “world out there,” but also to make sense of differences within the discourse of theory.
Hannah Arendt and the Meaning of Politics (with John McGowan)
University of Minnesota Press, 1997
From the publisher — Is politics really nothing more than power relations, competing interests and claims for recognition, conflicting assertions of “simple” truths? No thinker has argued more passionately against this narrow view than Hannah Arendt, and no one has more to say to those who bring questions of meaning, identity, value, and transcendence to our impoverished public life. This volume brings leading figures in philosophy, political theory, intellectual history, and literary theory into a dialogue about Arendt’s work and its significance for today’s fractious identity politics, public ethics, and civic life.
Bourdieu: Critical Perspectives (with E. LiPuma and M. Postone)
Cambridge: Polity Press and Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1993.
Habermas and the Public Sphere
MIT Press, 1993
From the publisher — The relationship between civil society and public life has become a major topic of discussion in many disciplines, and no single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jürgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of debates over critical theory, feminism, cultural studies, and democratic politics. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas’s most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere.
Structures of Power and Constraint: Essays in Honor of Peter M. Blau (with W. R. Scott and M. Meyer)
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1990.
The Anthropological Study of Education (with F. A. J. Ianni)
The Hague: Mouton, and Chicago: Aldine. 1976
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