Journal of Iranian Social Studies

Global Sociology, Live

Document Type : Viewpoint/ Opinion

Authors

Michael Burawoy 1
Laleh Behbehanian 2

1 Professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley, and president of the International Sociological Association

2 A doctoral candidate in sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Abstract
In the paper we grapple with the difficult question of the meaning of
global sociology. Guided by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Polanyi,
we define sociology as the study of "society" from the standpoint of civil
society. Global sociology, therefore, is the study of global capitalism and
its political orders from the standpoint of an emergent global civil
society. In an attempt to avoid the particular masquerading as the
universal we organized lectures by distinguished sociologists located in
different places in the planet to explore (1) the nature of neoliberal
capitalism, (2) the logic of nation states and their relation to global
political order, and (3) the possible emergence of a global civil society
that might counter the expansion of markets

Keywords

Global Sociology
Civil Society
Neolibral Capitalism
Nation State
Global political Order
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
Volume 8, Issue 4
Winter 0
Pages 9-20

  • Receive Date 22 February 2017
  • First Publish Date 22 February 2017
  • Publish Date 22 December 2014

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