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Why Not Affectivism?

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Seth Abrutyn

Sociology is, at least in part, the science of social behavior. Or (just) behavior? From one angle, sociologists look at the mechanisms or forces or dynamics, depending on your persuasion, shaping, constraining, and enabling behavior. We might call this the … Continue reading →

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Cultural Sociology I: Meaning Making and the Psychological Industrial-Complex

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Seth Abrutyn

In a previous post, I made the argument that sociology needs to go beyond just incorporating culture into a sociology of suicide. It needs a cultural theory altogether. But, what would that look like? What would be its framework? One … Continue reading →

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