RN29 – Social Theory

Coordinator:
Csaba Szaló szalo@mail.muni.cz Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Sessions

• 01RN29 Critical Theory
• a01RN29 Critical Theory I.
  Chair: Gallina Tasheva, University of Muenster
• b01RN29 Social Theory I.
  Chair: Haldun Gülalp, Yildiz Technical University
• 02RN29 Pragmatic Sociology
• a02RN29 Critical Theory II.
  Chair: Janusz Mucha, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
• b02RN29 Social Theory II.
  Chair: Colin Cremin, The University of Auckland
• 03RN29 Cultural Sociology
• a03RN29 Critical Theory III.
  Chair: Carlos Frade, University of Salford
• b03RN29 Social Theory III.
  Chair: Ivana Spasic, University of Belgrade
• 04RN29 Poststructuralism and Sociology
• a04RN29 Critical Theory and Universalism
  Chair: Craig Browne, University of Sydney
• b04RN29 Social Theory IV.

  Chair: Gilles Verpraet, Sophiapol – University Paris Ouest Nanterre

• 05RN29 Social theory (open)
• a05RN29 Social Theory, Categories and Narratives
  Chair: Esther Oliver, University of Barcelona
• a06RN29 Cultural Sociology I.

  Chair: Simon Susen, City University, London

• b06RN29 Social Theory and Crisis

  Chair: Marta Soler-Gallart, University of Barcelona

• a07RN29 Cultural Sociology II.
• b07RN29 Social Theory and Islam I.
  Chair: Mark Gould, Haverford College
• a08RN29 Poststructuralism and Sociology
  Chair: Robert Fine, University of Warwick
• b08RN29 Social Theory VIII.
• a09RN29 Pragmatic Sociology I.
  Chair: Daniel Chernilo, Loughborough University
• b09RN29 Social Theory and Islam II.
  Chair: Tugrul Keskin, Portland State University
• a10RN29 Pragmatic Sociology II.
  Chair: Benno Herzog, Universitat de València
• b10RN29 Social Theory and Theoretical Reflection
  Chair: Allan Sutherland, Kyushu University
• c10RN29 Social Theory and Critique

  Chair: Csaba Szalo, Masaryk University, Brno

Joint Sessions

• DELETED_18JS29 – Social Theory and Media Sociology Today

  Joint session with RN18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research

  Chair: George Pleios and Csaba Szalo

  This joint session of RN18 and RN29 focuses on the intersection of Social Theory and Sociology of the Media and Communication. It is interested in contributions that focus on one or more of the following questions:

  What are the best social theories that sociology provides for understanding contemporary society that is undergoing transitions and crises? What is the role of the media and communication in such contemporary social theories? Which of these theories do we need for understanding society and the media in the current times of crisis and change?

  How can one best theorize various societal phenomena (such as: the relationship of structures and agency, power, domination, class, inequality, stratification, violence, struggles, capitalism, the state, crisis, critique, societal change, revolution, social movements, modernity, space, time, the public sphere, democracy, globalization, ideology, hegemony, the self, identity, culture, racism, gender, the relationship of the private and the public, etc) and then use these theoretical concepts for theorizing and understanding the role of the media in contemporary society that is experiencing crisis and manifold changes?

• 06JS18JS29 – Social Theory and Media Sociology Today 1

  Joint session with RN18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research

  Co-Chair: George Pleios <gplios@media.uoa.gr>, University of Athens; Co-Chair: Csaba Szalo <szalo@fss.muni.cz>, Masaryk University;

  Joint Session of RN18 and RN29

• 08JS18JS29 – Social Theory and Media Sociology Today 2

  Joint session with RN18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research

  Co-Chair: George Pleios <gplios@media.uoa.gr>, University of Athens; Co-Chair: Csaba Szalo <szalo@fss.muni.cz>, Masaryk University;

  Joint Session of RN18 and RN29

• 29JS36 – European Integration Revisited: from Teleological to Critical Approach

  Joint session with RN36 – Sociology of Transformations: East and West

  Chair: Marju Lauristin (Social and Educational Sciences/Institute of Journalism and Communication University of Tartu, Estonia)

  We want to bring together younger researchers and prominent scholars, so that they have a chance to share their thoughts and views and collaborate in future. Comparative studies can be one of main foci of the collaboration.