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Our Summer 2025 issue “The Embattled University” is out, a little bit ahead of schedule! 🎉🎉 It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
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Are we the citizens we ought to be?
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
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For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Are we the citizens we ought to be?
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role.
🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...
On #VeteransDay, we honor all who served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice.
Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On #VeteransDay, we honor all who served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice.
Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, analyzing the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, analyzing the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy.
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As global leaders gather for the UN Climate Change Conference, be sure to revisit our Fall 2015 issue that begs the question: Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As global leaders gather for the UN Climate Change Conference, be sure to revisit our Fall 2015 issue that begs the question: Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?
#TodayInHistory, November 9 is a doubly historic day for Germany: It marks not only the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but also the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in 1918. For this #SundayRead, we look back at the Weimar Culture (1919–1932), our 1972 issue.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#TodayInHistory, November 9 is a doubly historic day for Germany: It marks not only the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but also the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in 1918. For this #SundayRead, we look back at the Weimar Culture (1919–1932), our 1972 issue.
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Economist and politician Frieda Wunderlich was #BOTD on November 8, 1884. A pioneer in labor economics and social policy, she was a member of the city council of Berlin, her hometown, and the Prussian state parliament.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Economist and politician Frieda Wunderlich was #BOTD on November 8, 1884. A pioneer in labor economics and social policy, she was a member of the city council of Berlin, her hometown, and the Prussian state parliament.
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For this #TBT check out our 2008 issue “Collective Memory & Collective Identity”: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For this #TBT check out our 2008 issue “Collective Memory & Collective Identity”: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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Today is the day: Our top 5 on the 5th!
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today is the day: Our top 5 on the 5th!
Colleges and universities in the US and worldwide continue to navigate the ever-changing and challenging landscape. Take (another) look at our most recent issue, “The Embattled University,” examining some of the most critical problems in higher ed.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Colleges and universities in the US and worldwide continue to navigate the ever-changing and challenging landscape. Take (another) look at our most recent issue, “The Embattled University,” examining some of the most critical problems in higher ed.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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Our Fall 2025 issue, “Football Politics,” guest edited by @seanjacobs.bsky.social, has gone to the printer.
Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our Fall 2025 issue, “Football Politics,” guest edited by @seanjacobs.bsky.social, has gone to the printer.
Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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For this gloomy #SundayRead, dive into the 2008 issue on “Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Denial.”
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For this gloomy #SundayRead, dive into the 2008 issue on “Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Denial.”
Happy Halloween! For this day of spooks, we leave a treat from our 2014 issue “HORRORS.” Dive into why we're obsessed with zombies, demons, and the “metaphor of the living dead”—and how real-life fears, from 9/11 to witch rumors in Malawi, shape our deepest, darkest frights.
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween! For this day of spooks, we leave a treat from our 2014 issue “HORRORS.” Dive into why we're obsessed with zombies, demons, and the “metaphor of the living dead”—and how real-life fears, from 9/11 to witch rumors in Malawi, shape our deepest, darkest frights.
Are you feeling scared yet? This #TBT, we look back at our 2004 issue “Fear,” analyzing the political uses and abuses of fear, covering its neuroscience, psychological basis, impact on civil liberties and nationalism (post-9/11), and historical context, such as McCarthyism.
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Are you feeling scared yet? This #TBT, we look back at our 2004 issue “Fear,” analyzing the political uses and abuses of fear, covering its neuroscience, psychological basis, impact on civil liberties and nationalism (post-9/11), and historical context, such as McCarthyism.
As flu season nears, this reminder of unequal impact is critical. In our Summer 2020 issue "In Time of Plague," experts show how COVID-19 & AIDS exposed social and racial inequalities, making vulnerabilities a matter of societal structures, not just biology.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As flu season nears, this reminder of unequal impact is critical. In our Summer 2020 issue "In Time of Plague," experts show how COVID-19 & AIDS exposed social and racial inequalities, making vulnerabilities a matter of societal structures, not just biology.
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
As immigrant life is put under attack, this National Immigrants Day, we reflect on the complex relationship between migration, diversity, and social inequality examined in the Spring 2010 issue “Migration Politics.”
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As immigrant life is put under attack, this National Immigrants Day, we reflect on the complex relationship between migration, diversity, and social inequality examined in the Spring 2010 issue “Migration Politics.”
For this week’s #SundayRead, we ponder the question: What defines the value of work in today’s capitalism?
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For this week’s #SundayRead, we ponder the question: What defines the value of work in today’s capitalism?
What do freedom and baseball have in common? Both are cure for, or at least relief from, extreme loneliness, argues Christian Sheppard in his essay “Take Me Out with the Crowd” written for our 2021 issue on loneliness—a great read, especially as the #WorldSeries gets under way.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What do freedom and baseball have in common? Both are cure for, or at least relief from, extreme loneliness, argues Christian Sheppard in his essay “Take Me Out with the Crowd” written for our 2021 issue on loneliness—a great read, especially as the #WorldSeries gets under way.
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#TBT to Spring 1979 when Social Research went "BEYOND CHARISMA"!
Guest editor Johannes Fabian and contributors like James Fernandez and John M. Janzen challenged the "dying" concept of charisma, arguing for the reinterpretation of religious movements as discourse.
Guest editor Johannes Fabian and contributors like James Fernandez and John M. Janzen challenged the "dying" concept of charisma, arguing for the reinterpretation of religious movements as discourse.
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#TBT to Spring 1979 when Social Research went "BEYOND CHARISMA"!
Guest editor Johannes Fabian and contributors like James Fernandez and John M. Janzen challenged the "dying" concept of charisma, arguing for the reinterpretation of religious movements as discourse.
Guest editor Johannes Fabian and contributors like James Fernandez and John M. Janzen challenged the "dying" concept of charisma, arguing for the reinterpretation of religious movements as discourse.
To prepare for our Fall issue, revisit “Culture and Politics” from 1991 with analyses of Edmund Burke's Reflections, the role of ethnicity in American cinema, and the development of cultural policy in Côte d'Ivoire. It nicely sets the stage for our take on "Football Politics."
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
To prepare for our Fall issue, revisit “Culture and Politics” from 1991 with analyses of Edmund Burke's Reflections, the role of ethnicity in American cinema, and the development of cultural policy in Côte d'Ivoire. It nicely sets the stage for our take on "Football Politics."
What was Social Research publishing 50 years ago?
In Fall 1975 we presented an issue that captured the intellectual spirit of the mid-1970s, showcasing the wide-ranging contributions from sociologist Daniel Bell, economist Robert Heilbroner, philosopher William Barrett, and more.
In Fall 1975 we presented an issue that captured the intellectual spirit of the mid-1970s, showcasing the wide-ranging contributions from sociologist Daniel Bell, economist Robert Heilbroner, philosopher William Barrett, and more.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What was Social Research publishing 50 years ago?
In Fall 1975 we presented an issue that captured the intellectual spirit of the mid-1970s, showcasing the wide-ranging contributions from sociologist Daniel Bell, economist Robert Heilbroner, philosopher William Barrett, and more.
In Fall 1975 we presented an issue that captured the intellectual spirit of the mid-1970s, showcasing the wide-ranging contributions from sociologist Daniel Bell, economist Robert Heilbroner, philosopher William Barrett, and more.
Influential philosopher and public intellectual Yirmiyahu Yovel was #BOTD in 1935 in Haifa, Israel. He was a key figure in modern philosophy, focusing on Spinoza, Kant, and post-Kantian German philosophy. He taught at the New School for Social Research from 1994 until 2010.
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Influential philosopher and public intellectual Yirmiyahu Yovel was #BOTD in 1935 in Haifa, Israel. He was a key figure in modern philosophy, focusing on Spinoza, Kant, and post-Kantian German philosophy. He taught at the New School for Social Research from 1994 until 2010.
Is "community" a feeling, a place, or a set of moral obligations? What does a community really mean? What does it look like today?
This #SundayRead, we’re looking back to our 1975 issue “The Idea of Community” for a deep dive into the concept from every angle.
This #SundayRead, we’re looking back to our 1975 issue “The Idea of Community” for a deep dive into the concept from every angle.
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is "community" a feeling, a place, or a set of moral obligations? What does a community really mean? What does it look like today?
This #SundayRead, we’re looking back to our 1975 issue “The Idea of Community” for a deep dive into the concept from every angle.
This #SundayRead, we’re looking back to our 1975 issue “The Idea of Community” for a deep dive into the concept from every angle.
#TodayInHistory, we remember the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962—13 days that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis remains a critical lens for understanding Cuba-US relations.
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#TodayInHistory, we remember the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962—13 days that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis remains a critical lens for understanding Cuba-US relations.
#BOTD in 1906 in Hannover, Germany, was Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Being driven out of Germany by the rise of Nazism, she found refuge in NYC and the New School, where she was a professor of political philosophy in 1968–1975.
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#BOTD in 1906 in Hannover, Germany, was Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Being driven out of Germany by the rise of Nazism, she found refuge in NYC and the New School, where she was a professor of political philosophy in 1968–1975.