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This text discusses the work of urban sociologist Loïc Wacquant and his unique approach to studying urban areas. Wacquant argues that the penal system is closely connected to issues of neighborhood, race/ethnicity, and poverty, and is driven by neoliberal policies. He advocates for a multidisciplinary approach that considers the interactions between marginality, ethnicity, and penalty. However, some critics argue that Wacquant's focus on large cities overlooks the growing incarceration rates in rural areas and the movement of poverty to the suburbs. Wacquant's model is also criticized for its Western-centric view of state power and its neglect of gender issues. Despite these criticisms, Wacquant's framework has the potential to be applied to various social settings, not just urban areas. The text also discusses Wacquant's departure from Bourdieu's work, particularly in his explicit focus on the metropolis and his more specific analysis of neoliberalism and the state. However, Wacquant's model is criticized for its top-down view of the state and its failure to consider other sources of symbolic power, such as the media and popular culture. Overall, Wacquant's model presents a challenging and promising framework for urban studies and sociological research, but it has its limitations and may not be universally applicable. [Extracted from the article]

Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment. Many other things are praiseworthy about I Crunch Time. i Rao's book contributes to the sparse literature on women's unemployment and offers additional insights into the classic debate surrounding gender, unemployment, and housework. Book Review: Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment, by Aliya Hamid Rao. [Extracted from the article]

The book is also unique in that it does not concentrate on Durkheim's critics or work interpreting Durkheim nor does it offer any dramatic new details on Durkheim's biography. Durkheim's unrecognized genius Émile Durkheim's legacy in the social sciences and humanities is lacklustre at its very best, considering the breadth, profundity, and foresight of his work. Whereas much scholarship concentrates on particular historical periods of Durkheim's reception, I Durkheim and After i is the first to address the complete historical legacy of Durkheim, spanning several countries in the process. As Smith (4) notes, Durkheim's death in 1917 puts him closer historically than we are today to the Beatles' I Sgt. Pepper i , a release seen as belonging to our current cultural era; thus we can, and he implies should, think of Durkheim as a "recent" thinker with much to say about the world we live in today. [Extracted from the article]

Intellectuals, Inequalities and Transitions: Prospects for a Critical Sociology, edited by Demeter, Tamás Nevertheless, those unfamiliar with Hungarian sociology and the works of Iván Szelényi will take time to understand Szelényi's oeuvre due to the ordering of the chapters. Ten leading sociologists and political scientists, including his collaborators like Gil Eyal and students such as Bruce Western, discuss in nine chapters the neoclassical sociology of Szelényi. [Extracted from the article]

These techniques define the approach of certain key figures and perspectives, including Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, the Frankfurt School, Pierre Bourdieu, much of postcolonial theory and others, who all traffic in what Baehr calls the I unmasking i style. Baehr concludes chapter 1 of the book with the caveat that unmasking cannot be captured within a "simple definition". Yet Nietzsche is not a straightforward unmasker, claims Baehr; on the contrary, Nietzsche believes we need masks to defend ourselves, emotional and intellectual depth being preserved through masks. The self-contradictoriness of Smith's enterprise, Baehr argues, enmeshes his conclusions in confusion, even though Baehr clearly sympathizes with Smith's overall diagnosis. [Extracted from the article]

The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) integrates a theoretical understanding of discourse, a methodological approach, and various techniques of empirical analysis. Different from both the latter and the heterogeneous Critical Discourse Analysis, this volume offers a solid overview of conceptual and empirical studies within SKAD, aiming to stimulate the wide field of discourse studies. After an introduction to the volume, Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to the main conceptual elements of SKAD, which are outlined in particular detail by Reiner Keller in Chapter 2. [Extracted from the article]

The humanities and the sciences currently face a demanding social and political climate. While the humanities are devalued compared to the sciences in terms of economic applicability, lose their attractiveness for students, and have to struggle with cuts in research funds, in the case of the sciences evidence-based arguments and academic expertise are disrespected in public debates. [Extracted from the article]

Rajan Gurukkal, History and Theory of Knowledge Production: An Introductory Outline. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019, 308 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Craft and Consciousness: Occupational Technique and the Development of World Images," by Joseph Bensman and Robert Lilienfeld.

A review of the book "The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think," by Bobby Duffy, is presented.

A review of the book "Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher," by Neil Gross is presented.

A review of the book "Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher," by Neil Gross is presented.

A review of the book "Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher," by Neil Gross is presented.

The article reviews the book "La mirada social. Un marco de pensamiento distinto para el siglo XXI" by Alain Touraine.