Jonathan Turner is the new co-editor of Theory and Society and his latest diatribe won’t surprise you at all familyinequality.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/j...
Breaking: Great sociologist says activism is ruining the discipline.
Really enjoyed that. Great piece!
Great read btw!
“For god’s sake, conservative critics of academia, read a goddamn book — a book you don’t like! I do it all the time. It’s informative and it makes you look like less of an asshole.” Thank you.
This guy was invited to give a talk in the CU soc department last spring on this diatribe 🙄
I’m starting to wonder if the Biden Administration is behind the coup at Theory and Society. There is precedent for stuff like this — just look up how the FBI targeted academics in the 1960s/1970s. The journal has been a bastion of critical thought, and nothing would surprise me.
"For god’s sake, conservative critics of academia, read a goddamn book — a book you don’t like! I do it all the time. It’s informative and it makes you look like less of an asshole." yesss thank you!
Your linked review of Smith’s book is a banger.
I read the whole thing and it’s absolute garbage. It all comes down to his anger at younger colleagues in his dept. Really embarrassing.
Nice one.