Over fifty authors from two dozen countries and from across the full spectrum of sociology tackle the pertinent issues of our time.
Continue ReadingChiara Bottici: Imaginal Politics
How can we explain the paradox of an eclipse of imagination that goes hand in hand with its hypertrophy?
Continue ReadingRaúl Trejo-Delarbre: New Media
The new media have expanded and improved participation in public affairs. … but beside the support for democracy are also several restrictions.
Continue ReadingAkosua Adomako Ampofo: African Future
What does it mean “returning to an African Future”?
Continue ReadingAntónio Teodoro: Citizen University
Is academic excellence possible in a mass-based, universal and radically democratic (higher) education?
Continue ReadingChristina Schachtner: Global Flows
Global flows in the form of movements of capital, commodities, information, communication and migrants rank among the most distinctive characteristics of the social and cultural upheavals which we are experiencing at present all over the world.
Continue ReadingMarkus S. Schulz: For a Sociology of Possibilities
The globalized planet is marred by unabated injustices, rampant conflicts, and environmental destruction. Yet, hopes for a better world persist. The unprecedented risks and opportunities demand new ways of thinking.
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