Sociologies in Dialogue

Sari Hanafi is currently a Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut and editor of Idafat: the Arab Journal of Sociology (Arabic).  He is the President of the International Sociological Association (2018-2022) and previously its Vice President and member of its Excitative Committee (2010-2018). Recently he created the “Portal for Social impact of scientific research: Targeting Research in/on the Arab World” (PSISR). He was the Vice President of the board of the Arab Council of Social Science (2012-2016). He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales-Paris (1994). He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on the sociology of religion, sociology of (forced) migration; politics of scientific research; civil society, elite formation and transitional justice. Among his recent books is: Knowledge Production in the Arab World: The Impossible Promise. (with R. Arvanitis) (in Arabic, Beirut: CAUS and in English, Routledge -2016). He is the winner of 2014 Abdelhamid Shouman Award and 2015 Kuwait Award for social science.Chin-Chun Yi is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.  Dr. Yi’s recent research interests are changing families in Chinese and East Asian societies and the growth trajectories of youth from early adolescence to young adulthood.  She has served as the principal investigator of research projects in family and youth studies, and leads the team composed of researchers of different ranks.  Chin-Chun Yi has been an active member of the ISA since 1990, and is the current president of RC06 (2014-2018) as well as the ISA executive committee member of Research Council (2010-2014-2018). She also has numerous experiences with editorial work including serving in the editorial board of Journal of Comparative Family Studies, International Sociology, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Inquiry, Sociology or as the guest editor for Journal of Family Issue, Current Sociology. Among the edited books, Dr. Yi has published “The Psychological Well-being of East Asian Youth” (Springer, 2013); “Family and Marriage: Taiwan Social Change from 1985-2005” (co-edited with Y.H. Chang, in Chinese, Academia Sinica, 2012); “Changing Female’s Family Status in Chinese Societies: A Comparison among Taiwan, Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong” (Co-edited with Y. H. Chen, in Chinese, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2006).  She also led and edited special issues in English academic journals on youth and family over the last two decades.

Sociologies in Dialogue brings together an engaging conversation from sociologists from 20 countries, whose joint mission is to explore the contemporary relevance of sociology in their national contexts and to share their experiences across the borders. Classical sociology came on stage when the Western societies underwent the convulsions brought about by industrial revolution and democratic revolution, while the majority of African, Asian, and Latin American peoples were ruled by colonial powers. Born in 1948, International Sociological Association (ISA) aims at spreading sociological research globally. This ISA-sponsored volume is a vivid testimony of the global flourishing of sociology as an intellectual project to make sense of the ongoing social changes brought about by multiple challenges of neoliberalism, populism, and geopolitical conflicts. This book also documents the worldwide intervention of nationally-based sociologists into the burning issues of their societies, be it reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada, anti-immigration sentiment in Poland, the humanitarian crisis of Syrian diaspora, and the external threat to Taiwan′s democracy. Sociologies in Dialogue is a rich source showcasing how locally-embedded sociologists continue to carry on the global conversation about the mission of sociology on a worldwide scale.

• Chapter 1. Introduction by Sari Hanafi and Chin-Chun YiPart 1. Trends in Internationalization of sociology (North-South and South-South)Chapter 2. Global or globish sociology? Scientific academic journals, internationalization, national assessment policies: an Italian case-study by Paola BorgnaChapter 3. The Brazilian Sociological Society and recent reflections on the Internationalization of Sociology by Tom Dwyer and Carlos Benedito MartinsChapter 4. Place, Time and Generations in a Global Dialogue about Social Change by Dan WoodmanChapter 5. A Missed Cognitive Chance for Social Knowledge by Anna WesselyPart 2. Emerging new local sociologiesChapter 6. Project Filipinong Sosyolohiya: A Nativist Sociology Converses with the Global Sociology by Dennis S. ErasgaChapter 7. The Mestizo sociology of Latin America by Roberto Briceño-LeónChapter 8. Sociology in Mexico as a Witness of Multiple Modernities by Fernando R. CastañedaChapter 9. The problematics of the justice issue in a changing society: the Russian case by Mikhail F. ChernyshChapter 10. Taiwanese Sociology’s Road to Professionalization and Engagement by Chih-Jou Jay ChenPart 3. Sociology in (post)authoritarian contextChapter 11. Postcolonialism vs post-authoritarianism: The Arab World and Latin America in comparative perspective by Sari HanafiChapter 12. Practicing Sociology in Syria: Dilemmas in the Context of Authoritarianism and Conflict by Kheder ZakariaChapter 13. Ethno-cultural identity and development of intercultural dialogue in Azerbaijan by Rufat GuliyevChapter 14. “Victims of geography or politics?”: Public and policy sociology in the Croatian sociology by Jasminka LažnjakPart 4. When Sociology becomes publicChapter 15. The Significance of Public Sociology for Welfare Reform: Beyond the empirical-normative dichotomy by Kazuo SeiyamaChapter 16. Reconciliation and Decolonization: Challenges for Committing Sociology in a Connected World by Terry WotherspoonChapter 17. The Production of Knowledge in the Public Domain: a case study on Polish attitudes towards recent migration into Europe by Tomasz Korczynski, Tomasz Maslanka, Rafal Wisniewski and Cardinal WyszynskiChapter 18. Building in sociology in a pluralistic society: forty years of sociological practice in Spain by Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Cristóbal Torres-Albero and Lucila FinkelPart 5. Hurdles for the dialogue: challenges of the institutionalization of sociologyChapter 19. Sociology in Portugal: local, national, and international dialogues by João Teixeira Lopes, Pedro Abrantes, Lígia Ferro, Madalena Ramos, Benedita Portugal e Melo, Ana Ferreira, Dalila Cerejo and Alexandra AníbalChapter 20. Palestinian Sociology: Divergent Practices and Approaches by Abaher El SakkaChapter 21. Crisis of Unplanned Expansion of Sociology in the Global South: Problems and Prospects of Sociological Education in Bangladesh by Shaikh Mohammad KaisReferences