Why is this election different from all other American Presidential Elections?
Yesterday in the Indy Star, Public Seminar contributing editor, Jeffrey C. Isaac, my friend and colleague, published a very important op. ed. piece. By highlighting the significant differences between Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the piece was written to convince Indiana Republicans not ...
The Two Faces of Post Modern Barbarism: A Response to the Massacre in Nice
Social Constructs: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
There was a time, not so long ago, when men were men and women were women, when hetero-normativity prevailed, with the alternatives relegated to the margins, in closets, and in the shadows of lesbian and homosexual hidden locales, which were constantly under attack. Under such conditions, two sociologists explored the ...
Editor’s Note
Reflections on a Phone Call from a “Bernie Bro”
A Gray View of the Presidential Election Campaign as Seen from Paris
Happy New Year? A Public Seminar Year in Review
Looking back on a tumultuous but productive 2015
How can we wish each other a Happy New Year when the year ending, on the global stage, has been such an unhappy one? Of course, as individuals in our private lives, many of us may have had a good year and may look forward to a better ...