ROBERT J. ANTONIO CV February 2020 ADDRESS: Office Home Sociology Department 1629 Alabama Street University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Phone: (785) 864-9408 Phone: (785) 841-5699 EDUCATION: University of Notre Dame Major: Sociology Degree: Ph.D., June 1972 M.A.: January, 1970 Miami University-Ohio Major: Sociology Degree: B.A., April 1967 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: Professor, University of Kansas, 1986 to present Visiting Scholar (Philosophy Department), University of Texas-Austin, 1989-1990 Associate Professor, University of Kansas, 1975-1986 Visiting Scholar, University of California-Berkeley, 1974-1975 Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 1971-1974 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Theory Globalization - Economy and Society Environment Macroscopic/Historical Sociology American Society AWARDS: National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2015 (KU Distinguished Member) Hope Award Finalist, 2011, 2014 McNair Mentor Award, 2013 (McNair Scholars Program) Outstanding Honors Course (For sustained commitment to offering honors courses that have a broad and deep impact on students. KU Honors Program), 2013 J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (College of Liberal Arts; for Social Sciences), 2000 Center for Teaching Excellence Award, 2000 (American Studies); 2002 (Sociology)
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ROBERT J. ANTONIO CV February 2020
ADDRESS: Office Home
Sociology Department 1629 Alabama Street University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Phone: (785) 864-9408 Phone: (785) 841-5699
EDUCATION: University of Notre Dame
Major: Sociology Degree: Ph.D., June 1972 M.A.: January, 1970
Miami University-Ohio Major: Sociology Degree: B.A., April 1967
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Professor, University of Kansas, 1986 to present Visiting Scholar (Philosophy Department), University of Texas-Austin, 1989-1990 Associate Professor, University of Kansas, 1975-1986 Visiting Scholar, University of California-Berkeley, 1974-1975 Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 1971-1974
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Social Theory Globalization - Economy and Society Environment Macroscopic/Historical Sociology American Society
AWARDS:
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2015 (KU Distinguished Member) Hope Award Finalist, 2011, 2014 McNair Mentor Award, 2013 (McNair Scholars Program) Outstanding Honors Course (For sustained commitment to offering honors courses that have a broad and deep impact on students. KU Honors Program), 2013 J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (College of Liberal Arts; for
Social Sciences), 2000 Center for Teaching Excellence Award, 2000 (American Studies); 2002 (Sociology)
Chancellor's Club Teaching Professorship, 1989 Chancellor's Club Award for Career Teaching Excellence, 1988 Outstanding Educator (Mortar Board honors society teaching award), 1975, 1988, 1991, 1996 Chancellor's Club Award for Teaching Excellence, 1979 Younger Humanist Fellow-National Endowment for the Humanities, 1974-1975
EDITED BOOKS:
“Marx and Modernity”. Robert J. Antonio (ed), London, England, Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
“A Weber-Marx Dialogue”. Robert J. Antonio and Ronald Glassman (eds.), Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 1985.
“Social Problems: Conflicts of Values and Interests”. Robert J. Antonio and George Ritzer (eds.),
Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1975. ARTICLES/CHAPTERS:
When History Fails Us: From Immanent Criticism to the New Right In Jeremiah Morelock (ed.), How to Critique Authoritarian Populism: Methodologies of the Frankfurt School Brill (11,800 words; accepted with revisions)
(With Brett Clark) “Environment - Social Theory in the Anthropocene: Ecological Crisis and
Renewal” in Peter Kivisto (ed), The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory. New York: Cambridge University Press (in press 10,200 words)
“What is the Future of Bourgeois Liberalism?” In Lawrence Scaff, Edith Hanke, and Sam
Whimser (eds.), Handbook on Max Weber. (2020) Oxford University Press (online version 02/2019) https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190679545.013.3
“Nietzsche after Charlottesville” Current Perspectives in Social Theory: The Challenge of
Progress: Between Ideology and Progress (2020) Vol. 36, pp. 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0278-1204201900000036014 (online version 11/18/2019)
Ethnoracial Populism: An Alternative to Neoliberal Globalization? Social Epistemology (2019)
35(4), pp. 280-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2019.1638984 (online version 07/09/2019) [Note I set in]
“Reactionary Tribalism Redux: Rightwing Populism and De-democratization” (2019) The
Sociological Quarterly 60:2, pp. 201-209, https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1593062 (online version (26/04/2019)
(With Alessandro Bonanno) “From Fordism to Brexit & Trump: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on
the Rise?” In George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology (2nd Edition) (2019), pp. 477-95.
“What is the Future of Bourgeois Liberalism?” In Lawrence Scaff, Edith Hanke, and Sam Whimser (eds.), Handbook on Max Weber Oxford University Press (2019 – Online version)
“The Piketty Thesis and the Environmental Wall: Rentier Society, Post-Carbon Democracy, or
Apocalyptic Ruin?” In Twenty-First Century Equality: Marx, Piketty, and Beyond. Lauren Langman and David A. Smith (eds). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill (2018), pp. 293-310.
“Immanent Critique and the Exhaustion Thesis: Neoliberalism and History’s Vicissitudes” in
Michael Thompson (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan: (2017), pp. 655-676.
“The Pope’s Fateful Vision of Hope for Our Future and the Planet,” (with Robert J. Brulle)
Nature Climate Change 5 (2015), pp. 901-902. “The Climate Change Divide in Social Theory” (with Brett Clark). In Riley Dunlap and Robert J.
Brulle, Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives (American Sociological Association Task Force on Sociology and Global Climate Change Steering Group) Oxford University Press (2015), pp. 333-368.
“Remembering Ben Agger” (1952-2015) Critical Sociology (2015), Vol. 41(6), pp. 825-827. “Is Prosumer Capitalism Rising? Symposium on George Ritzer’s “Prosumer Capitalism” The
Sociological Quarterly (Summer 2015 56:3), Vol. 56(3), pp. 472-483. “Plundering the Commons: The Growth Imperative in Neoliberal Times.” Sociological Review 61
(Monograph); Alexander Thomas T. Smith and John Holmwood (eds.), Sociologies of Moderation: Problems of Democracy Expertise, and the Media (2013) pp. 18-42. Cambridge, UK: Wiley-Blackwell/The Sociological Review, Oxford, UK.
“Interview.” In Patricia Mooney Nickel (ed.), North American Critical Theory After
“After Neoliberalism: Whither Capitalism?” In George Ritzer (ed.), New Blackwell Companion to
Sociology. Malden MA: Blackwell (2012), pp. 588-612. “Hazards of Neoliberalism: Delayed Electric Power Restoration after Hurricane Ike.” (with Lee
Miller and Alessandro Bonanno) British Journal of Sociology (2011), Vol. 62 (3), pp. 504-522.
“The Unbearable Lightness of Politics: Climate Change Denial and Political Polarization,” (with
Robert J. Brulle) The Sociological Quarterly (2011), Vol. 52(2), pp. 195-201. “New Introduction.” (with Alan Sica). In Max Weber, The Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Transaction Press, Piscataway, NJ: (2011), xiii-xxxviii. “Karl Marx” In George Ritzer and Jeffery Stepinsky, (eds.), The New Blackwell Companion to
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Major Social Theorists. Malden, MA.: Blackwell (2011). Vol. 1:115-64. (revised & updated)
“Karl Marx” In George Ritzer, (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists.
Malden, MA.: Blackwell (2000), pp. 105-43. “Absolutizing Particularity.” In Ben Agger and Tim Luke, Journal of No Illusions: Telos,
Paul Piccone and the Americanization of Critical Theory. New York: Telos Press (Revised, 2011), pp. 23-46.
“Absolutizing Particularity.” Fast Capitalism. Telos Press (5:1 2009) http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/5_1/home.html
“Climate Change, the Resource Crunch, and the Global Growth Imperative.” Current
Perspectives in Social Theory: Nature, Knowledge, & Negation. Bingley, UK: Emerald. (2009) Vol. 26, pp. 3-74. “Reply to Critics: Choosing Life” Current Perspectives in Social Theory: Nature, Knowledge, & Negation, Bingley, UK: Emerald. (2009) Vol. 26: pp. 115-128.
“The Passing of John Baudrillard.” Fast Capitalism. (2008). 4 (1) (www.fastcapitalism.com). (9083 Words)
“Locating the Civil Sphere.” The Sociological Quarterly. (Fall 2007) Vol. 48:(4), pp. 601-13. “The Cultural Construction of Globalization.” In George Ritzer (ed). The Blackwell Companion
to Globalization Malden, MA: Blackwell (2007), (Pp. 67-83). “Globalization, The Crisis of Realization, and New Forms of Consumption” (with Alessandro
Bonanno). Research in Political Sociology, (2006). Vol. 15, pp. 243-67.
“Periodizing Globalization: From Cold War Modernization to the Bush Doctrine” (with Alessandro Bonanno), In Jennifer Lehmann with Harry Dahms (eds), Current Perspectives in Social Theory; Between the Cold War and Neo-Imperialism. Elsevier (2006) Vol. 24, pp. 1-57.
“Max Weber in the Post-World War Two US and After.” Etica & Politica (Department of
Philosophy; University of Trieste) (Special issue on Weber) (2005) 75pp. “Max Weber en los EEUU: las fusiones Weber-Marx, el Weber posmoderno y después.”
In Javier Rodriguez (ed.), En El Centenario De La Ėtica Protestante Y El Espíritu del Capitalismo. Madrid: C.I.S., Colección Academia (2005).
“For Social Theory: Alvin Gouldner’s Last Project and Beyond.” In Jennifer Lehmann (ed.),
Current Perspectives in Social Theory: Questioning Social Change, Elsevier (2005) Vol. 23, pp. 71-129.
“Remembering Derrida.” Fast Capitalism (2005). 1 (1) (http://www.fastcapitalism.com). (3005
ADemocracy in the Era of Globalization@ (with Alessandro Bonanno) Walking Toward Justice: Democratization in Rural Life (Research in Rural Sociology and Development), Vol. 9, Michael Bell and Fred Hendricks, Elsevier. (2003). Pp. 43-66.
ADemocracia En La Era of Globalization@ (with Alessandro Bonanno) in Azril Bacal, Bernardino Mata & Rosemary Galli (eds) Democracia Es Camino A La Justicia Y A La Dignidad, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico (sponsored by International Rural Sociological Association and Latin American Rural Sociology Association, (2002). Pp. 30-60. (Revised version of the above.)
ANietzsche: Social Theory in the Twilight of the Millennium.@ In George Ritzer and Barry Smart
(eds.), Handbook of Social Theory, Sage: London, (2001). Pp. 163-78.
AA New Global Capitalism? From >Americanism and Fordism= to >Americanization Globalization,=@ (with Alessandro Bonanno), American Studies (Summer/Fall, 2000). Pp. 33-77.
AAfter Postmodernism: Reactionary Tribalism.@ American Journal of Sociology. (July, 2000), Pp.40-87.
Revised Russian version in Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, St. Petersberg University (sponsored by Kovelesky Sociological Society and Russian Academy of Science). (2004) 7 (4) Pp. 32-62. Published with interview with me “Profession and Vocation.” Pp. 5-31.
"Mapping Postmodern Social Theory." In Alan Sica (ed.), What is Social Theory?: The
Philosophical Debates. Blackwell (1998), pp. 22-75. ASkiciranje Postmodernistike Društvene Teorije,@ Philosophy and Society (XIII, 1998), Pp. 35-100.(Serbo-Croatian version).
APost-Fordism in the United States: The Poverty of Market Centered Democracy," (with
Alessandro Bonanno), Current Perspectives in Social Theory. (Vol. 16, 1996), pp. 3-32.
"La povertà della democrazia contrata sul mercato," (with Alessandro Bonanno). Alternative. (June, 1995) pp. 74-87 (Revised Italian version).
"Nietzsche's Antisociology: Subjectified Culture and the End of History." American Journal of
Sociology. (July, 1995), pp. 1-43.
"The Future of Social Theory and the Limits of Postmodern Thought" (with Douglas Kellner). In David Dickens and Andrea Fontana (eds.), Postmodernism and Social Inquiry. Guilford Press (1994) pp. 127-52.
"Communication, Democratization, and Modernity: Critical Reflections on Habermas and
Dewey" (with Douglas Kellner). Symbolic Interaction. (Fall, 1992) pp. 277-97.
"Metatheorizing Historical Rupture: Classical Theory and Modernity" (with Douglas Kellner). In George Ritzer (ed.), Metatheorizing in Sociology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishers
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(1992), pp. 88-106.
"Postmodern Storytelling vs. Pragmatic Truth Seeking: The Discursive Bases of Social Theory." Sociological Theory. (Fall, 1991), pp. 154-63.
"Not Reading Closely: Response to Bogard and Rogers." Sociological Theory. (Fall, 1992), pp. 247-51.
"The Decline of the Grand Narrative of Emancipatory Modernity: Crisis or Renewal in
Neo-Marxist Theory?" In George Ritzer (ed.), Frontiers of Social Theory. New York: Columbia University Press (1990), pp. 88-116.
"The Problem of Normative Foundations in Emancipatory Theory Evolutionary Vs. Pragmatic
Perspectives." American Journal of Sociology. (January, 1989), pp. 721-48.
"Critical Theory and Public Life: Response to Brante and Chung." American Journal of Sociology. (January, 1990), pp. 1045-52.
"Democracy and Abundance: The Declining Middle and Postliberal Politics" (with Tim Knapp).
Telos. (Summer, 1988), pp. 93-114.
"Reason and History in Hayek." Critical Review. (Spring, 1987), pp. 58-73.
Reprinted in Xueshu Sixiang Pinglun,. (Review of Scholarship and Thought). (Chinese Translation) Jilin People’s Publisher. Vol. 8 (2002), pp. 339-352.
"Emergence and Decline of the Ancient Roman State." In Metin Heper (ed.), The State and
Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative Perspective. New York: Greenwood Press (1987), pp. 59-71.
"The Dialectics of Authoritarian Bureaucracy: Extraction and Patrimony in Ancient Rome."
Research in Political Sociology. Vol. II (1986), pp. 19-47.
"Militarism and Political Economy" (with Pat Akard). In George Ritzer (ed.), Social Problems. New York, Random House (1986), pp. 574-625.
"Values, History, and Science: The Metatheoretic Foundations of the Weber-Marx Dialogue." In
Antonio and Glassman (eds.), A Weber-Marx Dialogue. Lawrence, University Press of Kansas (1985), pp. 20-43.
"Weber vs. Parsons: Domination or Technocratic Model of Social Organization." In Max
Weber's Political Sociology, Ronald Glassman and Vatro Murvar (eds.). Greenwood Press (1984), pp. 155-74.
"The Origin, Development, and Contemporary Status of Critical Theory." The Sociological
Quarterly. (Summer 1983), pp. 325-51.
"Military Spending and The Contemporary American Crisis" (With Dean Braa). Economic Forum. (Summer, 1982), pp. 111-34.
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"Immanent Critique as the Core of Critical Theory." British Journal of Sociology. (September,
1981), pp. 330-45. "The Political Economy of Education." In Political Economy: A Critique of American Society.
Scott McNall (ed.). New York, Praeger-Holt (1981), pp. 46-72. "The Contradiction of Production and Domination in Bureaucracy: The Contribution of
Organizational Efficiency to the Decline of the Roman Empire." American Sociological Review. (December, 1979), pp. 895-912.
"Labelling Theory as an Oversocialized Conception of Man" (with Jill Quadagno). Sociology
and Social Research. (Fall, 1975), pp. 33-45.
"On Ignoring the Subtle Dimensions of Labelling: The Case of Mental Illness." Kansas Journal of Sociology. (Spring, 1975), pp. 3-13.
"Social Problems: A Conflict Approach." In Antonio and Ritzer (eds.), Social Problems: Values
and Interests in Conflict. Boston: Allyn and Bacon (1975), pp. 1-12.
"The Work of R.D. Laing: A Neo-Marxist, Phenomenological Interpretation." The Human Context. (Spring, 1975). (Also published in French translation), pp. 13-38.
Reprinted in: Contemporary Issues Criticism, Dedria Bryfonski, ed. Detroit, Gale Research Company, 1983.
"Phenomenological Sociology." In George Ritzer, Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science. Boston: Allyn and Bacon (1974), pp. 108-24.
"The Processual Dimension of Degradation Ceremonies: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, Success
or Failure?" British Journal of Sociology. (September, 1972), pp. 287-97.
"Graduate Education: A Program for Change." (with Jay Coakley, Rosina Fieno and Mario Renzi), Research Reports in the Social Sciences. (Spring, 1970), pp. 35-54.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:
“Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)” in George Ritzer (ed.) Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd Edition) Wiley Blackwell (Revised Version published online 2017)
“Friedrich Nietzsche” in George Ritzer (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Blackwell (2007), pp. 3213-3217.
“Marx, Karl (1818-1883)” in George Ritzer (ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
(2nd Edition) Wiley Blackwell (Revised Version Published online 2017) “Karl Marx” in George Ritzer (ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Blackwell (2007), pp. 2805-2815.
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“Capitalism” (with Alessandro Bonanno) in George Ritzer (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012), pp. 151-162.
“Multinational Corporation” (with Alessandro Bonanno) in George Ritzer (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012), pp. 1465-1473.
“Ecological Problems” (with Robert J. Brulle) in George Ritzer (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Globalization (2012), pp. 476-492. “Fordism” (with Alessandro Bonanno) in Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut Anheier (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Studies. SAGE Publications (2011). “Friedrich Nietzsche” in George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan (ed.) The Concise Encyclopedia of
Sociology. Blackwell (2011), pp. 425-27. “Karl Marx” in George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan (ed.) The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology
Blackwell (2011), pp. 371-73.
“Karl Marx”; “Materialism”; “Marxism” in Austin Harrington, Barbara Marshall, and Hans Peter Marshall (eds.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory. London, UK (2005).
"Materialism." In Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J. V. Montgomery (eds.), Encyclopedia of
Sociology. New York: MacMillan (Revised and extended: 2000) Pp. 1780-86. AMaterialism@ MacMillan, (1992), pp. 1216-21 (earlier version).
"Max Weber." In Seymour Martin Lipset (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Democracy. Congressional Quarterly Books, (1995).
REVIEW ESSAYS:
“Piketty’s Nightmare Capitalism: The Return of Rentier Society & Dedemocratization.” Review of Thomas Piketty, Capital in the 21st Century. Contemporary Sociology (November 2014), pp. 783-790.
“Nietzsche Agonistes.” Review of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, American Nietzsche.
Contemporary Sociology, (September 2014), pp. 640-644.
“Eclipse of the Professoriate: Fat Rabbits Are We?” Review of Frank Donoghue, The Last
Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities. Contemporary
Sociology, (January, 2010), pp.3-8.
Richard, Howard, The Spector of Democracy. Logos, (June, 2003), Nu 2/3.
(http://www.logosjournal.com).
Wolfgang J. Mommsen, The Political and Social Theory of Max Weber; Philosophy of the Social
Sciences, (March, 1994), pp. 103-110.
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Wolfgang Schluchter, Rationalism, Religion, and Domination: A Weberian Perspective,; The
Journal of Religion, (January, 1992).
"Search for Uncertainty." Review essay of James T. Kloppenberg, Uncertain Victory; Telos,
(Fall, 1989), pp. 154-62.
"Searching for Justice." Review essay of Derek L. Phillips, Toward a Just Social Order; Telos,
(Spring, 1988), pp. 199-204.
"One-Dimensional Protestantism." Review essay of Arthur Vidich and Stanford Lyman,
American Sociology: Worldly Rejections of Religion and Their Directions (part of
review symposium); Symbolic Interaction, (Fall, 1986), pp. 259-65.
"Is Emancipatory Theory Possible?" Review essay of Martin Jay, Marxism and Totality;
Contemporary Sociology, (January, 1986), pp. 45-47.
G.L. Ulmen, The Science of Society: Toward an Understanding of the Life and Work of Karl
August Wittfogel; Telos, (Winter, 1981-82), pp. 197-210.
"Simmel's Metaphysics of Money and the Rationalization of Life," Review essay of Georg
Simmel, The Philosophy of Money;. Journal of the History of Sociology, (Fall-Winter,
1980-81), pp. 119-33.
Zdenek Mlynar, Nightfrost in Prague: The End of Human Socialism; Telos, (Summer, 1980),
pp. 233-39.
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business;
Telos, (Winter, 1980), pp. 188-193.
Witold Kula, An Economic Theory of the Feudal System: Toward a Model of the Polish
Economy 1500-1800 and Pierre Vilar; A History of Gold and Money 1450-1920; Telos,
(Fall, 1978), pp. 235-41.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Craig Browne, Habermas & Giddens on Praxis and Modernity, Contemporary Sociology
Claus Offe, Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber, and Adorno. American Journal of
Sociology (November, 2007), pp. 872-4.
Eddie S. Glaude, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America. American
Studies (Spring 2007), Vol.48:1, pp. 158-160.
Wilson Carey McWilliams (ed.), The Active Society Revisited, Contemporary Sociology
(January, 2007), pp. 79-80.
William H. Swatos & Lutz Kaebler (eds.), The Protestant Ethic Turns 100: Essays on the
Centenary of the Weber Thesis, Journal of the History of Economic Thought (September,
2007), pp. 398-402.
Nicholas Gane, Max Weber and Postmodern Theory; Contemporary Sociology, (September,
2003), pp. 646-647.
R.W. Fevre. The Demoralization of Western Culture: Social Theory and the Dilemma=s of
Modern Living; American Journal of Sociology, (March, 2002), pp.1387-89.
Kevin Hetherington. Expressions of Identity: Space, Performance, Politics, SAGE Publications,
Inc.; Contemporary Sociology, (July, 2000), pp. 678-9.
James B. Rule. Theory and Progress in Social Science; Contemporary Sociology, (September,
1998), pp. 537-8.
Peter Breiner, Max Weber and Democratic Politics; American Journal of Sociology, (May, 1997),
pp. 1741-3.
Moishe Postone, Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical
Theory; The Journal of Modern History, (March, 1996), pp. 157-9.
Stewart Clegg, Paul Boreham, and Geoff Dow, Class, Politics, and the Economy; Social Forces,
(December, 1987), pp. 562-63.
Erica Sherover-Marcuse, Emancipation and Consciousness; American Journal of Sociology,
(November, 1987), pp. 711-13.
Robert Eden, Political Leadership and Nihilism: A Study of Weber and Nietzsche; American
Journal of Sociology, (May, 1986), pp. 1507-09.
Bryan Turner, For Max Weber; American Journal of Sociology, (May, 1983), pp. 650-54.
Morton Schoolman, The Imaginary Witness: The Critical Theory of Herbert Marcuse;
Contemporary Sociology, (November, 1982), pp. 774-76.
Piotr Sztompka, Sociological Dilemmas; Social Forces, (September, 1981), pp. 245-47.
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Richard Kilminster, Praxis and Method: and Harold Entwistle, Antonio Gramsci; Social Forces,
(June, 1981), pp. 1316-17.
Guenther Roth and Wolfgang Schluchter, Max Weber's Vision of History; American Journal of
Sociology, (November, 1980), pp. 1291-94.
Ernest Mandel, Late Capitalism; Contemporary Sociology, (March, 1980), pp. 243-45.
Daniel Rodgers, The Work Ethic in American 1850-1920; Contemporary Sociology (July, 1979),
pp. 595-96.
R.D. Laing, The Politics of the Family; The Human Context, (Summer, 1975), pp. 353-54.
Henri Lefebvre, Everyday Life in the Modern World; The Human Context, (Fall, 1975),
pp. 626-28.
Craig Browne, Habermas & Giddens on Praxis and Modernity, Contemporary Sociology
(forthcoming)
NOTES, NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES, etc.:
“Piketty’s Pessimistic Bestseller: Economic Inequality and the Twilight of Democracy” Discover
Society (December, 2014) (http://www.discoversociety.org/2014/12/01/pikettys-pessimistic-bestseller-economic-inequality-and-the-twilight-of-democracy-2/).
"Are We Critical Enough?" Comparative Historical Sociology (Newsletter of the Comparative Historical Section of the ASA) (Fall, 1994), pp. 1, 3-4.
"A Bureaucratic Approach to Bureaucracy." Telos (Fall, 1983), pp. 177-85. "The Crisis of the Left." Telos (Winter, 1980-81) (with Pat Akard, Mike Lacy, Robert John), pp.
81-88. "Freiheit ist notwendig wie Papier und Bleistift." Deutsche Volkszeitung Nr. 32, August 7, 1980.
(Feature Essay on Academic Freedom in the U.S. and West Germany. The publication is a West German daily newspaper with national circulation), p. 10.
"The Poverty of American Sociology," (with Parviz Piran). Transforming Sociology Series of Red Feather Institute of Advanced Studies in Sociology (1979), 18 pages.
"The Antioch Telos Conference." Telos (Spring, 1977) (published under Kansas Telos Group), pp. 188-92.
"Black Anti-Semitism Crisis: Myth or Threat." NIP (December, 1968), pp. 22, 24, 54, 55. REPORT:
Problems in Kansas Economic Development Planning (Report on ECODEVO planning structures and processes; 1992 for Institute for Public Policy and Business Research (University of Kansas). PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
“Climate Crisis; Biophysical Limits on Capital.” Self-Society Symposium Preconference ASA Meeting New York (August 9-12 2019)
“Friends, Enemies, & Ethno Nationalism” Self-Society Symposium Preconference ASA Meeting Philadelphia, PA (August 9-14, 2018) “Protest, Populism and the Crisis of Neoliberalism” Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN. (March 22-25, 2018).
“Integral Trumpism: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise?” Author Meets the Critic –Peter Kivisto The Trump Phenomenon Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN. (March 22-25, 2018). “Reactionary Tribalism: Trump, The Alt-Right and Global Neopopulism” Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. (March 30-April 2 2017).
“Reactionary Tribalism Revisited: Nietzsche, Schmitt, Benoist.” Nietzsche & Critical Social Theory: Affirmation, Animosity, Ambiguity. San Diego, CA (January 28-29, 2017).
“Capitalism & Ecology.” American Sociological Association Meetings (Preconference on “The Psychodynamics of the Self and Society”) Seattle, WA (August 18-23, 2016).
“Constructionism and Dualism: Mead, Dewey, and the Embodied Organism.” Rereading George Herbert Mead: Embodied Mind, Constructed Self, and Big Other Society. Midwest Sociological Society & North Central Sociological Association (Joint Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL (March 23-26, 2016)
Keynote Talk: “Between Science and Public Life: Social Theory and the Piketty Panic in the US.” Moderation and its Discontents: Religion, Rights, and Social Justice, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (June 23-25, 2014)
Keynote Talk: “Globalization, Inequality, & the Environmental Wall.” International Social Theory Consortium: Globalization, Critique, and Social Theory: Navigating the Divide between Theory & Practice, in Knoxville TN (May 15-17 2014)
The Peter Hall Lecture: “Realism and Constructivism in Battles over Global Environmental Problems: A Pragmatist Middle Way.” Midwest Sociological Society. Omaha, NE (April 3-6, 2014)
Keynote Talk: “Expertise, Responsibility, and Democracy: Climate Change Battles in the US.” IAS Summer School: Contesting Expertise in the Post-Secular Age: In Search of Intellectual Life, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (July 15-19, 2013)
“In the Shadow of Superstorm Sandy: Can Capitalism’s Growth Imperative be Sustained.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. (March 27-30, 2013)
“Climate Change and Social Theory” with Brett Clark, American Sociological Association, Denver, CO (August 16-21, 2012)
“The Legitimation Crisis of Neoliberal Capitalism” with Alessandro Bonanno and Billy Ray Broncato, American Sociological Association, Denver, CO (August 16-21, 2012)
“The Theory and Politics of Economic Growth: Is Capitalism Sustainable?” Plenary session at “Theory an Politics: Between Globalization and Modernity and the Struggle for Freedom and Change 11th Annual Conference of the International Social Theory Consortium, St. Augustine, FL (May 17-19, 2012)
“The Growth Imperative and Capitalism’s Sustainabilty.” Rhetorics of Moderation Workshop. University of Huddersfield ,United Kingdom (April 26-27, 2012) “The Growth Imperative, Globalization, and Capitalism’s Sustainability.” Plenary Session on Global Crises after the Meltdown. Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN (March 28-April 1, 2012)
“Ideology and Utopia: Then and Now.” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV (August 20-23, 2011) “Searching for Friends and Enemies: Civil Society and the State in the Neoliberal Era.” (with Jon Shefner) American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV (August 20-23, 2011) “Political Moderation and Crisis.” (Keynote) Rhetorics of Moderation: Politics and Pragmatics ESRC Research Seminar Series, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (June 29-July 1, 2011)
“Globalization, Climate Change, and the Current Ecological Crisis.” International Social Theory
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“Houston, We Got a problem: Neoliberalism and Social Interdependence in the Aftermath of a Hurricane” (with Alessandro Bonanno). Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA (April 2-5, 2009). Reconstructing Social Theory for the Environmental Crisis Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA (April 2-5, 2009) “Amitai Etzioni’s Theory of the Active Society” & “Globalization and Global Warming.” Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, VA (April 9-12, 2008) “Capital Mobility & Realization of the Time/Space Relation in the Global Era,” with Alessandro Bonanno. ) Midwest Sociological Society, Saint Louis, MO (March 27-30, 2008)
“Weber, Dewey, and Mead: Some Consequences of Democratic Theory versus Schmittean Authoritarianism”; “Critique of Jeffery Alexander’s The Civil Sphere”; and “Globalization and the Legitimation Crisis,” with Alessandro Bonanno). Joint Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society and the North Central Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. ( April 4-7, 2007) “Mr. Friedman’s Planet: The Cultural Construction of Cultural Globalization” & “Globalization and the Contradictions of Free-Market Capitalism: A Reposition of Marx’s Theory of Capitalism” (with Alessandro Bonanno) Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, NE (March 29-April 2, 2006)
“Critique of Alexander.” Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO (April 15-18, 2004). “Periodizing Globalization: The Cold War & After” Globalization & The Sedimentation of the Cold War: An Interdisciplinary Conference; Florida State University, Wakulla Springs, FL. (April 1, 2004). “Marx After Communism”, Dickinson College, Harrisburg, PA. (March 24, 2004)
AFor Gouldner: Social Theory and Post-Traditional Normative Justification@, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA. (August 15-17, 2003)
AAlvin Gouldner=s Last Project@. International Social Theory Consortium, Tampa Bay, FL. (May 18-21, 2003)
AGlobalization and Social Polarization: A Return to the Classical Model of Capitalism,@ with Alessandro Bonanno. Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. (April 16-19, 2003)
AAlvin Gouldner on Civic Culture: Between Pragmatism and Marxism.@ Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Denver, CO. (March 13-15, 2003)
ANeoliberal Globalization.@ Midwest Sociological Society. St. Louis, MO. (April 5-8, 2001) AGouldner=s Socratic Marxism@ Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO. (April 5-8, 2001). AGlobalization and Democratic Spaces@ with Alessandro Bonanno. American Sociological
Association. Washington, D.C. (August 12-16, 2000). AGlobalization, Alienation, and Social Critique.@ RC36 Section of the International Sociological
Association, Washington, D.C. (August 9-11, 2000). ATeaching Social Theory,@ American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. (August 6-10, 1999). ACritical Rationality, Aestheticization, and the Right. Midwest Sociological Meetings,
Minneapolis, MN. (April 8-11, 1999). AAfter Postmodernism,@ Fourteenth World Congress of Sociology. International Sociological
Association. Montreal, Canada (July 27-August 1, 1998). ASocial Theory in the Next Century.@ Social Theory After Postmodernism: The Next Step. Third
Annual Theory Workshop sponsored by Florida State University. Wakulla Springs, FL. (February 19-22, 1998).
"Social Theory and Rupture: The Case of Postmodernity." Theory Section Mini-conference on Philosophy and Sociology. American Sociological Association. New York, N.Y. (August 17-21, 1996).
"Social Theory After the Post-War Era: Exhaustion or Renewal?" Critical Theory and Post-Positivist Sociology. Second Annual Theory Workshop sponsored by Florida State University. Wakulla Springs, FL (May 31-June 2, 1996).
Nietzsche's Antisociology: Subjectified Culture and the End of History. Radical Conservatism:
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"Neoliberal Capitalism and the End of Critical Theory", with Alessandro Bonanno. Local and Global in the Social, Political and Cultural Experiences of the USA and Italy. University of Pisa, Italy (May 25-27, 1995).
"Post-Fordism in the US." Retooling Social Theory: Theorizing Late Capitalism and Postmodernity, Theory Workshop sponsored by Florida State University, Wakulla Springs, FL (April 14-15, 1995).
"Global Capitalism and the End of Critical Theory", with Alessandro Bonanno. Midwest Sociological Society Meetings. Chicago: IL (April 6-9, 1995)
"Theory as Critique." Special meeting of the American Sociological Association, Theory Section (Practicing Theory): San Diego: CA (August 10-11, 1994).
"The Ambiguity of Postmodernism: Culture and Criticism in the Hypermodern Era." Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Los Angeles: CA (August 7-8, 1994).
"Post-Fordism in the United States: The Poverty of Market-Centered Democracy." Society for the Study of Social Problems. Los Angeles: CA (August 4-6, 1994).
"Dewey and Social Science Philosophy." Society for Advancement of American Philosophy. Houston, TX (March 3-5, 1994).
"Nietzsche and Dewey." International Institute of Sociology. Sorbonne: Paris (June 21-25, 1993).
"Critical Theory and the Renewal of Class Politics." International Institute of Sociology. Sorbonne: Paris (June 21-25, 1993).
"Post-Fordism: The End of Postwar Capitalism and the Crisis of American Democracy," (with Alessandro Bonanno). Cultura Delle Origini E Transizioni Storico-Sociali: University of Pisa: Italy (March 18-20, 1993).
"Critical Perspectives on Postmodernity as a Theory of the Present Age." Society for the Study of Social Problems, Pittsburg, (August 20-24, 1992).
"Sociological and Neo-Marxian Theory." Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans (April 9-12, 1992).
"Modes of Contradiction: From the Myth of Totalitarianism to the Myth of the Market." Midwest Sociological Society (April 1-4, 1992).
"A Metatheoretical Analysis of Classical Theories of Modernity," (With Douglas Kellner). American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. (August 10-14, 1990).
"Habermas and Dewey: Europeanizing Pragmatism." Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO (April 6-9, 1989).
"Neo-Marxian Theory." Sociological Theory: Current Status and Near- Term Prospects, A National Conference, College Park, MD (March 11, 1988).
"The Normative Problem in Critical Theory." Sixth Annual Max Weber Colloquium, Wayne, NJ (November 14-15, 1986).
"Civil Society, Democracy, and History: Habermas's Contradictory Double Turn." American Sociological Association, New York, NY (August 30-September 3, 1986).
"Patronage and the Preindustrial State." American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. (August 25-31, 1985).
"The Pre-Medieval State and Public Bureaucracy." Workshop on Premodern States (funded by UNESCO), Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (May 4-6, 1985).
"Decentralizing Tendencies in a Pre-Capitalist System of Administration: Patrimony and Extraction in Ancient Rome." American Sociological Association, San Antonio, TX (August 27-31, 1984).
"Marx, Weber, and the Study of History." Fifth Annual Max Weber Colloquium. Wayne, NJ
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"Convergence and Divergence in the Weberian and Marxian Theories of History." American Sociological Association, Detroit, MI (August 31- September 4, 1983).
"The Dynamic Impact of the State on the System of Production: The Gradual Emergence of Proto-Feudalism from the Reproductive Contradictions of the Late Roman Empire." The First International Conference on the Comparative, Historical and Critical Analysis of Bureaucracy, Zurich, Switzerland (October 4-8, 1982).
"Military Spending and the Contemporary American Crisis: Contradictions in Production and Reproduction," (with Dean Braa). 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City (August 16-24, 1982).
"Military Expenditures and the American Economic Crisis," (with Dean Braa). Midwest Sociological Association, Des Moines, IA (April 7-9, 1982).
"The Concept of History in the Work of Marx and Weber." Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX (March 17-20, 1982).
"The Origins of the Feudal Mode of Production," (with Dean Braa). Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, TX (March 25-28, 1981).
"Critical Approach to Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy." Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, TX (March 25-28, 1981).
"Weber Versus Parsons: Domination and Technocratic Models of Social Organization." The Fourth Annual Max Weber Colloquium, Wayne, NJ (October 30-31, 1980).
"Debureaucratization and the Development of Feudalism." Western Sociological Meetings, Albuquerque, NM (April 23-25, 1980).
"The Contradiction of Production and Domination in Bureaucracy: The Contribution of Organizational Efficiency to the Decline of the Roman Empire." Wisconsin Sociological Meetings, Oshkosh, WI (October 3-4, 1979).
"The Centrality of Domination in Weber's Concept of Bureaucracy." Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN (April 25-28, 1979).
"The Contradiction of Modern Bureaucracy." Southwestern Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX (March 28-31, 1979).
"Problems and Analytical Weaknessess that Derive from the Ahistorical Nature of Bourgeois Sociology," (with Parviz Piran). Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden (August 14-19, 1978.
"Historicity and the Poverty of Empiricism: The Case of Sociology," (with Parviz Piran). Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden (August 14-19, 1978).
"The Inherent Contradiction of Domination and Production." Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, TX (April 12-15, 1978).
"The Crises of Instrumental Reason," (with Robert Rucker). Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, TX (April 12-15, 1978).
"On Ignoring the Subtle Dimensions of Labelling: The Case of Mental Disorder." Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY (August 1973).
"A Program for Changing Studies in Sociology," (with Jay Coakley, Rose Fieno and Mario Renzi). Hoosier Sociological Association, West Lafayette, IL (February, 1969).
“Trumpism: A Tragedy Told by Carl Schmitt.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. (April 17-20, 2019.
OTHER PARTICIPATION AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND GUEST LECTURES:
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Presenter (Moderation & Immoderation in John Dewey's A Common Faith) and Participant. Workshop – Moderation & its Discontents. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (June 21, 2016)
Plenary Panel Discussant (Science, Religion, & the Moderation of Democratic Conflict). Making Science Public: Opening up Closed Spaces (Leverhulme Trust Programme: Making Science Public - Challenges & Opportunities - End of Award Conference); Highfield House; University of Nottingham, Nottingham UK (June 22, 2016) Plenary Panelist Presentations (- Social Theory Settings; The Recognition Paradigm in Critical Theory; The 2016 Election) International Social Theory Consortium – Capitalism, Culture, & Critique, Ames, Iowa (June 9-10, 2016) With Alessandro Bonanno. “Marx’s Theory of Labor and Labor market under Neoliberal Globalization.” American Sociological Association San Francisco, CA (August 16-19, 2014)
Panelist Presentation (Climate Change and Global Ecological Degradation: Analysis and Actions). Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. (March 27-30, 2013)
Lecture & Distributed Paper “Contradictions of the Neoliberal Growth Imperative,” Hall Center, Modernities Seminar, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (September 20, 2012)
Response to Alexander Smith, "American Pragmatism in an Age of Immoderation," Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO (March 23-27, 2011)
Lecture, “Climate Change, the Resource Crunch, and Economic Growth. Urban Studies Program, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (December 2, 2009)
Chair, “Pragmatism in Sociology & Philosophy.” International Social Theory Consortium, Knoxville, TN (May 14-16 2009)
Chair and Co-Organizer. “Pragmatism and Sociology,” Midwest Sociological Meetings, Des Moines, IA (April 2-5, 2009)
Lecture: “Ritzer’s Hyperconsumption and Hyperdebt” A Debtor World: Interdisciplinary Symposium on Debt; University of Illinois and American Bankruptcy Institute, Champaign-Urbana IL. (May 2-3, 2008)
Lecture: ‘Climate Change, the Resource Crunch, and Democracy’; Sponsored by the Sociology Department; University of Richmond; Richmond, VG (April 9, 2008)
Presider Globalization & Inequalities. Midwest Sociological Society, Saint Louis, MO (March 27-30, 2008) “Thomas L. Friedman’s World is Flat” Hall Center: Globalization Seminar, University of Kansas. (October 24, 2006).
“Rise of Globalization Discourse,” U.S. in a Globalized World. In Honor of Norman Yetman, University of Kansas. (April 29, 2006).
Chair, AGlobalism and Ideology@, International Social Theory Consortium, Tampa Bay, FL, (May 18-21, 2003).
Chair, ATopics in Classical Social Theory@, Midwest Sociological Meetings, Chicago, IL (April 16, 2003).
ATeaching Max Weber=s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,@ Core Curriculum Program, Boston University, (November 8, 2002).
Chairperson and Organizer, Sociology and other Disciplines: Social Science and Social Theory, American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, (August 18, 2001).
ANeoliberal Globalization,@ Sociology, Economics, Political Science Departments, Colorado State University (October 20, 2000).
Presider, Teaching and Building Theory, American Sociological Association, Washington D.C. (August 14, 2000).
APost Fordism.@ Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (March 20, 2000). AKarl Marx and Conservative Movements@ Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX,
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AThe Return of the Right.@ Sociology Department. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, (October 14, 1998).
Chairperson and Organizer, APostmodernism@. Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, (April 9, 1998).
"Mapping the Postmodern." Sociology Department. University of Pisa, Italy (March 26, 1996). "Instrumental Rationality: It Ain't What It Used to Be," with Mohamed El-Hodiri. Lecture
Series on "Instrumental Rationality and Public Policy Formation." The Hall Fund for the Improvement of Teaching, The Philosophy Department and The School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (April 9, 1996).
Public Presentation: "Postmodernism and the Global Political Economy." Western Oregon State College, OR, (October 27, 1995).
"Postmodernism and its Ambiguities." Sociology Department, University of Texas at Austin (March 25, 1994).
"Why Habermas in Sociology? Rethinking Critical Theory in America." Sociology Department, Texas A&M University (March 24, 1994).
Chairperson and Organizer, Historical Sociology and Culture. Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis (March 10-13, 1994).
"The Impact of Habermas' Thought in North America." To the Committee on Political and Social Theory. University of Victoria, Canada (November 26, 1993).
"Post-Fordism and the Poverty of Market Centered Democracy," with Alessandro Bonanno. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (October 29, 1993).
Co-Chair/Organizer, sessions on American Pragmatism and European Theory. International Institute of Sociology, Sorbonne: Paris (June 21-25, 1993).
"Post-Fordism in the US" with Alessandro Bonanno. Faculty of Political Science. University of Messina, Italy (March 23, 1993).
Chairperson and Organizer, Social Theories of The Founders of American Democracy, Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago (April 7-10, 1993).
Chairperson and Organizer, Theory and Symbolic Interaction: Modern and Postmodern Theory, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Pittsburg, PA (August 1992).
Presentation: "Marx Today," Missouri Western State College, Honors Program Lecture (March 18, 1992).
Presentation: Author Meets the Panel Session on Alan Wolfe's Whose Keeper?, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Cincinnati (August 23, 1991).
Chairperson and Organizer, American Pragmatism, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Washington, D.C. (August 10-11, 1990).
Chairperson and Organizer, Critical Theory and Symbolic Interaction; Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, San Francisco (Summer, 1989).
Chairperson, The Capitalist Class, Bringing Class Back In: A Working Conference On Class; Jointly sponsored by the KU Sociology Department and the American Sociological Association, Lawrence, (April, 1989).
Chairperson and Organizer, Political/Economic Sociology, Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis (Spring, 1989).
Chairperson and Organizer, Economy and Society: Politics and the American Economic Crisis, Midwest Sociological Association, Minneapolis (Spring, 1988).
Chairperson and Organizer, Political Economy of Development, Midwest Sociological Association, Chicago (Spring, 1987).
Author Meets the Audience Session, On A Weber-Marx Dialogue, Midwest Sociological Association, Des Moines (Spring, 1986).
Chairperson and Organizer, Economy and Society: State Policy and the American
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Chairperson and Organizer, A Marx-Weber Dialogue, Midwest Sociological Association, St. Louis (Spring, 1985).
Chairperson and Organizer, Aspects of World Economic Systems, Kansas Sociological Meetings, Lawrence (Fall, 1984).
Chairperson and Organizer, Max Weber, Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago (Spring, 1984). Chairperson and Organizer, Economy and Society, Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City
(Spring, 1983). Chairperson and Organizer, Plenary Session on Max Weber, Midwest Sociological Society,
Milwaukee (Spring, 1982). Critic, Issues in Marxian Crisis Theory, Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio
(Spring, 1982). "Weber and Parsons on Complex Social Organization" and "Toward a Weber-Marx Synthesis."
University of Notre Dame (Fall, 1981). Chairperson and Organizer, Historical Sociology, Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis
(Spring, 1981). Critic, Crisis of the Left, Kansas Telos Conference, Lawrence, (Fall, 1980). Chairperson and Organizer, General Sociological Theory, Midwest Sociological Society,
Milwaukee (April, 1980). Critic, Traditional Symbols and Popular Radical Mobilization, Social Science-History
Association, Cambridge, MA (Fall, 1979). Chairperson, Labelling Theory, Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, St. Louis (Spring, 1977). Critic, French Social Thought, Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, St. Louis (Spring, 1976). Chairperson, Social Psychology of Deviance Session, Midwest Sociological Society Meetings,
Omaha (Spring, 1974). Critic, "Religion and Imperialism," Midwest Sociological Meetings, Minneapolis (Spring, 1973). Co-Chairperson and Co-Organizer, Kansas Sociological Meetings, Lawrence (Spring,
Fort Collins, CO (April 13, 2019) OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: International Advisory Board: Leverhulme Programme -Making Science Public: Challenges and Opportunities (UK) 2013-2016 Steering Committee, ASA Task Force on Sociology and Climate Change, 2010- Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2013-2014; 2016-2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, History of Sociology, ASA, 2011 Council, History of Sociology, ASA, 2002-05 Council, Theory Section, ASA, 2002-05 Program Committee, ASA, 1996-97 Shils-Coleman Prize Committee, Theory Section, ASA, 1997 External Evaluator: Sociology Department Assessment Program for Sociology Majors: University of Missouri (Columbia), 1995. Nominations Committee, Theory Section, ASA, 1989-90; 1997-98, 2003-04. Nominations Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1988-89. Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1988-89 Long Range Planning Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1986-88. Committee on Nominations and to Draw up a Constitution for the ASA,
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Section on Comparative/Historical Sociology, 1984-85. Co-organizer of new section of the ASA in Comparative/Historical Sociology, 1981-82. Chair, Midwest Sociological Society Publications Committee, 1981-82. Publications Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1979-84. Director of Student Paper Competitions, Midwest Sociological Society, 1981. Editorial Associate, American Journal of Sociology (1996-98), Contemporary Sociology (2008- 2012)
Canadian Journal of Sociology (1997- ), Symbolic Interaction (1984-1996), Sociological Theory (1995-99, 2000-4), Current Perspectives in Social Theory, (1975-85; 1989-91; 1994-), American Sociologist (1987-91), The Sociological Quarterly, (Editorial Board 1982-89; 2000-06; Advisory Editor 2017- ), Studies in Historical Social Change (Monograph Series; 1986-90), Sage Theory Monograph Series (1992-96), Sociological Perspectives (Westview Monograph Series; 1999-2004), Research in Political Sociology (2004-08; 2015- ), Fast Capitalism (2004- ), Journal of Economic Sociology (University of Daugavpils: Latvia) (2014- )
Reviewer, National Science Foundation, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Social Science Journal, Sociological Inquiry, Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Theory, Culture and Society, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, Review of Politics, Cultural Studies, Social Studies of Science, Social Theory and Social Research, Sociological Theory, Theory & Society, Sociological Quarterly, Symbolic Interaction, Sociological Forum, Journal of Consumer Culture, Law & Society, Human Ecology, Social Thought & Social Research, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, American Studies, Integral Review, Democratization, British Journal of Sociology, Social Problems (Russia), Sustainability, Law & Society, Rationality & Society, Advances in Applied Sociology
Internal Member, External Evaluation Committee, Communication Studies, 2017 Member, University Committee on Distinguished Professorships, 2001-2004; 2014- Interntal Member, External Evaluation Committee, Anthropology, 2010 Member, Continental Search Committee, Philosophy, 2006 Member, University Honors Council, 2005 Chair, Search for University Honors Director, 2003
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Member, Chair Search Committee in American Studies, 2000 Member, Assistant Director Search Committee in Honors Program, 2000 Member, Rhodes-Marshall Committee, 1999-2008 Member, Truman Fellowship Mock Interviews, 1999-2008 Member, Minority Scholarships, 1995 Member Advisory Committee in Search for Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, 1993 Member, College Academic Program Review Committee, 1992 Member, University Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards, 1992-93 Member, Search Committee for Director of the Honors program, 1991 Member, University Scholars Steering Committee 1988-91 Member, Chair Search Committee in Economics Department 1987-88 Member, Faculty Search Committee in Economics Department 1986-87 Member, Faculty Senate Research First Level Review Committee, 1978; 1985-87 Chair, State and the Economy Lecture Series, 1984-85
Member, Interdepartmental Search Committee for International Political Economy Position, Spring 1984 Member, Committee for Development of a Special Honors Sequence in Western Civilization,
1982 Outside Member, Chairperson Search Committee (Political Science), 1981 Member, Advisory Committee on Human Experimentation, 1977-78
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DISSERTATION Chairperson Danny Alvord (2019 [Chair]) “The Reversal of the Kansas Tax Cuts: The Limits of Supply-Side Policy”
(Honors) Lukas Szrodt (2019) (Co-chair with David Ekerdt) “America versus Environment? Humanity, Nature, and
the Sacred” (Honors) D. Richard Johnson (Co-chair with Carol Warren, 2005) – “In the Shadow of Indebtedness: Sustaining
Community in a Heartland Livestock Auction.” Todd Ormsbee (2004) – “Sexuality and Experience: Gay Male Publicity, Community, and Meaning in
1960s San Francisco.” (American Studies) (Honors). John Cotten Seiler (2002) – “Anxiety and Automobility: Cold War Individualism and the Interstate
Highways System”. (co-chair with Barry Shank, American Studies) (Honors). Su Lee (2000) – “Theorizing New Social Movements: Postmodern Fragmentation and the Problem of
Normative Foundations”. Tim Knapp (1991) – “Deindustrialization and Informal Economies in Small Town America”. (Honors). Dean Braa (1990) – “Gentrification and Urban Redevelopment in Kansas City. Assistant Professor”. Gretchen Hill (Co-chair with Jack Weller, 1990) – “The Rationalization of Inheritance Law Researcher”. Pat Akard (1989) – “The Return of the Market: Corporate Mobilization and the Transformation of US
Economic Policy 1974-84”. (Honors). Harland Prechel (1985) – “Capital Accumulation and Corporate Rationality: Organizational Change in
An American Steel Corporation”. (Honors). John Harms (1985) – “Advertising Communication in the United States: Information or Persuasion?”
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1880-1920”. (American Studies) (Honors). Roger Barnes (1983) – “The Role of Law in American Criminology”. Michael Lacy (1983) – “Why Has Energy Consumption Increased? An Energy and Society Approach to
the American Case”. (Honors/Selected as Kansas University nominee for Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Dissertation Prize).
Jon Karr (1977) – “The Rise of Proactive Police Strategies: An Alternative Approach to Bureaucratic Rationalization and Rural-Urban Crime Differentials”.
MASTERS Chairperson Daryl Williams (1996) Mark Horowitz (1996) Tony Foy (1996) Su Ho Lee (1990) Honors Richard Hughes (1989) Daniel Wildcat (1986) Greg Gideon (1986) Babacur Toure (1982) Susan Lobello (1982) Pat Akard (1981) Honors Mark Blumberg (1980) John Harms (1979) Honors Herbert Haines (1978) Roger Barnes (1976) Honors Karen Kraner (1973) UNDERGRADUATE HONORS Chair Luke Thompson (2007; American Studies) Ethan Fosse (2005) Aaron Paden (2005) Genevieve Payne (2005; American Studies; Co-chair) James Walsh (2003; Sociology and History; Co-chair) Brian Tongier (2000) Robert Tuttle (1983) Daniel Wildcat (1977) UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS Mentor Charles W. Jetty (2017- ) Terri Harvey (2014-2017) Ariel Tarkargy (2009-2011) Luke Thompson (2004-2007) Steve Munch (2004-2006) E. J. Reedy (1999-2001) Anthony Nicholson (1996-1997) Pat Linder (1995-1996) Jeffrey Livingston (1994-1995) Rob Johnson (1990-1993)
Vita-Robert J. Antonio Page 22 Shelly Koch (1988-1990) Mary Kelly (1985-1988) MCNAIR SCHOLAR Elizabeth Burney (2014- ) Jon Nelson (2013- 2014) Kris Valasco (2012-2013) Reanna Putnam (2010-2011) GLOBAL STUDIES SCHOLAR Jon Nelson (2012-2014) DEAN’S SCHOLAR Emily Howard (2004-2006) UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD Director Brian Tongier (1999) Erik Tishkoff (1987) INTERDEPARTMENTAL VISITING SCHOLARS Mentor Gary Shapiro - Philosophy (1982-1983) Tom Skrtic - Education (1985-1986) David Katzman - History (1988-1989) POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS Mikhail Sinioutine – Saint Petersburg University (Russia) (1998-1999) Qingjie Zheng – Gannon Normal University (China) (2015-2016) COURSES TAUGHT UNDERGRADUATE
Soc 132/335 - American Society (Honors) Soc 160 - Social Problems and American Values Soc 161 - Social Problems and American Values (Honors) LAS 292 - Map of Knowledge (University Scholars Course) Soc/AmS 330 - American Society Soc 499 - Honors Course Soc 500 - Sociological Theory Soc 524 - Sociology of the Economy
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Soc 529 - Globalization Soc 530 - Industrial Revolution and Capitalist Development Soc 561 - Social Deviation Soc 600/Econ 585 - Elements of Economic Planning (with M. El-Hodiri - Economics) Soc 660 - Sociology of Mental Illness Soc 661 - Causation of Crime and Delinquency Soc 698 - Individual Undergraduate Research
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Soc 802 - Modern Social Theory Soc 900 – Contemporary Social Theory Soc 900/803 - Seminar in Special Topics in Theory
Globalization & Environment Critical Theory Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche (with Gary Shapiro - Philosophy) Globalization NeoMarxism Precapitalist Social and Economic Formations Phenomenological Theory John Dewey and American Pragmatism Contemporary Social Theory, Postmodern and Poststructural Theory (with Allan Hanson-Anthropology) Postmodern Social Theory Max Weber Rural Policy Seminar: Political Economy of Great Plains (with Mohamed
