Michael Burawoy has been a participant observer of industrial workplaces in four countries: Zambia, United States, Hungary and Russia.

Michael Burawoy. Public Sociology. Books Papers Symposia Applications Videos . PUBLIC SOCIOLOGIES. Books | Papers | Symposia| Critiques|Videos THE IDEA. My idea of public sociology was inspired by the research and engagement of colleagues at Berkeley, and then beyond Berkeley by sociologists ranging from outlaws such as Robert Lynd, C. Wright Mills and Alvin Gouldner to Presidents of the ...

MICHAEL BURAWOY ThepostcommunistagecallsforaSociologicalMarxismthatgivesprideofplaceto society alongside but distinct from state and economy. This Sociological Marxism can be traced to the writings of Gramsci and Polanyi. Hailing from different social worlds and following different Marxist traditions, both converged on a similar cri-

MICHAEL BURAWOY Home Address 320 Lee St., Apt. 1002, Oakland, CA 94610. E-mail: [email protected] University Address Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; Telephone: 510-643-1958 . Education B.A. Mathematics, University of Cambridge, England, 1968. M.A. Sociology, University of Zambia, 1972.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Pour un Marxisme Sociologique (Les éditions sociales, 2021) . Public Sociology: Between Utopia and Anti-Utopia (Polity, 2021) "Living Theory: Reflections on Four Decades of Teaching Social Theory" "Antinomian Marxist" (from Alan Sica and Stephen Turner, eds.,The Disobedient Generation, 2005) ...

Michael Burawoy. Public Sociology. Books Papers Symposia Applications | COLLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY. Neil McLaughlin, Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology (Bristol University Press, 2023)

Michael Burawoy. Public Sociology. Books Papers Symposia Applications . Courses Taught. Sociology 101 History of Sociological Theory [Living Theory] Sociology 101A (101) [Syllabus |Reader |Audio] - Marxist Tradition Sociology 101B (102) [Syllabus |Reader| Audio] - …

Burawoy points to a small elite of sociologists who, by virtue of their acade- mic positions in top university departments that facilitate ‘multiple locations’, do work that straddles two or more of the four sociologies.

Michael Burawoy’s idea of public sociology instigated a heated debate about the purpose of sociological research and bestowed its author an important place among contemporary social thinkers.

Michael Burawoy University of California–Berkeley Responding to the growing gap between the sociological ethos and the world we study, the challenge of public sociology is to engage multiple publics in multiple ways. These public sociologies should not be left out in the cold, but brought into the framework of our discipline.