Canadian Sociologists in the First Person
Canadian sociologists who have shaped the discipline, in their own words.
Description
Social scientists' autobiographies can yield insight into personal commitments to research agendas and the very project of social science itself. But despite the long history of life writing, sociologists have tended to view the practice with skepticism.
Canadian Sociologists in the First Person is the first book to survey the Canadian sociological imagination through personal recollections. Exploring the lives and experiences of twenty contributors from across the country, this book connects the unique and shared features of their careers to broad social dynamics while providing a guide to their own research and administrative contributions to their universities, their profession, and their broader society and communities. The contributors teach in different types of institutions, are prominent in the discipline and in their specializations, and represent significant and diverse intellectual currents, political perspectives, and life and career experiences.
Aiming to start a broad conversation about what social science and the academic profession look like in Canada from an insider's perspective, Canadian Sociologists in the First Person offers invaluable lessons for younger scholars as they envision a diverse sociological imagination for the twenty-first century.
Reviews
“Written from multiple theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as institutional and social locations, Canadian Sociologists in the First Person offers readers a strong sense of connection to sociological practice and important insights on ‘doing sociology,’ with its many challenges, joys, and contingencies.” Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University