Seth Abrutyn
@sethabrutyn.bsky.social
Sociology, UBC. Theorist of Emotions, Suicide, Institutions, Evolution. Unrepentant DeadHead and Mets Fan.
www.sethabrutyn.com
Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
www.sethabrutyn.com
Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
From Moscow University’s social science and economics depts website for current grad students:
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
From Moscow University’s social science and economics depts website for current grad students:
Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
fucking dumb dumb. the social media generation will only be topped by the AI generation
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
fucking dumb dumb. the social media generation will only be topped by the AI generation
Just going through the old paper pile, and wanted to celebrate this #sociological piece (with @annamueller.bsky.social) on the emotional foundations found in #Suicide by #Durkheim.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just going through the old paper pile, and wanted to celebrate this #sociological piece (with @annamueller.bsky.social) on the emotional foundations found in #Suicide by #Durkheim.
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Thrilled to see Raewyn and my new book up at Polity. Easily the greatest experience and honor of my career to work on this book with my academic idol. We have done so many wonderful things in this edition. I hope others love it as much as we have loved writing it. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Gender: In A World Perspective
Gender: In A World Perspective, How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thrilled to see Raewyn and my new book up at Polity. Easily the greatest experience and honor of my career to work on this book with my academic idol. We have done so many wonderful things in this edition. I hope others love it as much as we have loved writing it. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿
Free to read, download, and share ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Free to read, download, and share ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is how Last of Us begins! Do not embrace the fungi, fear it
Scientists are using mushrooms to create sustainable insulation for housing in Alaska’s extreme climate, which sees parts of the state swing from minus-78 degrees Fahrenheit to 100 degrees throughout the year.
Are mushrooms the future of insulation?
Scientists in Alaska are working to develop a sustainable and affordable fungus-based solution for insulation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is how Last of Us begins! Do not embrace the fungi, fear it
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🌍 Global Scholars: Abstract Submissions Due Nov 1! ⏱️ Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy @ University of British Columbia. Travel Funds Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌍 Global Scholars: Abstract Submissions Due Nov 1! ⏱️ Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy @ University of British Columbia. Travel Funds Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Your moment of sociological zen for the morning
in this paper, I introduce the concept of *Concept Capital* to explain how the unequal distribution of new concepts leads to status hierarchies among sociologists.
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Your moment of sociological zen for the morning
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#sociology jobs
Oh hey, little update. Indiana University Department of Sociology is hiring this fall. Keeping you on your toes deadline is 11/16. We’re looking for an assistant professor specializing in sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30984
October 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#sociology jobs
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
link.springer.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Cool paper on social influence using Spotify data
Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data
Article: Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data | Sociological Science | Posted October 23, 2025
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October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Cool paper on social influence using Spotify data
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My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
link.springer.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
link.springer.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social.
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Canada and the United States—a Friendship Strained
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6....
The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
The Sociological Quarterly
Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Grateful for interest in my essay, "How I Fell for Guns." It's already in the top 5 of trending articles on the @contexts.org website. Please continue to download and share the article on your social media while the article is open access (until November 17th).
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October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Grateful for interest in my essay, "How I Fell for Guns." It's already in the top 5 of trending articles on the @contexts.org website. Please continue to download and share the article on your social media while the article is open access (until November 17th).
doi.org/10.1177/1536...
doi.org/10.1177/1536...
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New in ST!🔔For a Strabismic Sociology: A View from the Southern Cone - Claudio E. Benzecry, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New in ST!🔔For a Strabismic Sociology: A View from the Southern Cone - Claudio E. Benzecry, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🔔 New in Sociological Theory from Tim Newton! "What Is Social Science? A Comparison with Biology"
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What Is Social Science? A Comparison with Biology - Tim Newton, 2025
What is social science? This article examines this perennial question by addressing the relation between human biology and social science, exploring whether soc...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🔔 New in Sociological Theory from Tim Newton! "What Is Social Science? A Comparison with Biology"
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this seems bad
I’m glad this is being covered. Federal judges have been warning us as best they know how. When I looked into this back in June, I found dozens of cases where judges suggested that the Trump administration’s conduct was untrustworthy or acting in bad faith.
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
this seems bad
Ran into a coffee shop to get cup of coffee. It’s literally got the name coffee in its name. And this cup of black fucking coffee will cost me 10 min. Why? I’m don’t know why.
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Ran into a coffee shop to get cup of coffee. It’s literally got the name coffee in its name. And this cup of black fucking coffee will cost me 10 min. Why? I’m don’t know why.
There is always something to temper the stuff of legend.
Bob Gibson hit a home run and threw a 10-strikeout complete game in Game 7 of the 1967 World Series, so no, just hitting a home run as a starting pitcher isn't enough
serious question, but didn't he have that after his first AB in the first inning?
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
There is always something to temper the stuff of legend.