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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 months

The Book. It’s here. I’m so excited and cannot imagine sharing these feelings with anyone but @procAnna

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Sociology is so strange. We elevate those who write so densely that we need a priestly class of mediators and interpreters to reveal the true wisdom and aesthetic meaning imparted by our saints. Is it the writer or the interpreter’s work we are learning?

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Seth Abrutyn

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5 years

First a great article came out. And now a letter from @ubcprez with the news that I am tenured and promoted. Or promoted and tenure. Either way...feels nice on my son’s third birthday.

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Seth Abrutyn

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3 years

So exciting. Just got my hard copy!

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Seth Abrutyn

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8 months

Sociology has a pain "problem." We use concepts like (collective or cultural) trauma, draw allusions to pain, but do not ground them in the fundamental experience of rejection, exclusion, isolation, etc. This paper does this while theorizing SOCIAL trauma

The Roots of Social Trauma: Collective, Cultural Pain and Its Consequences - Seth Abrutyn, 2023

Since Kai Erikson’s landmark study of the devastation of five communities in West Virginia, sociology has leveraged the concept of trauma to describe certain so...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

Seeing sociologists struggle with Trump makes me want to reassign Weber's entire corpus on charisma. We are accustomed to what I call "bottled" charisma, or charisma that is restrained by the possessor's traditional or legal-rational authority. Clinton or Kennedy had charisma.

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Seth Abrutyn

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2 years

God help me.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

1 year

Please welcome one of our esteemed, new colleagues @UBCSociology !!!! We have a slate of newcomers (Andrew Jorgenson and Clayton Childress!) who are all excellent at their respective fields and who build on a department already doing a diverse array of important scholarship!!

Neda Maghbouleh ندا مقبوله

@nedasoc

1 year

I’m website official 😭 and damn it feels good to be on Pacific Time

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Seth Abrutyn

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7 months

I have resigned from the new editorial board of Theory and Society.

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Seth Abrutyn

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1 year

This is a big day for us...As Sam Cooke said: "It's been a looong, long time comin'". Our book has a cover and a webpage (preorder) and a release date. @contextsmag #soctwitter #SuicidePrevention #suicide #sociology

Anna S. Mueller

@procAnna

1 year

Exciting day for me & @seth_abrutyn ! Our book on the social roots of youth #suicide is available for pre-order at @OxUniPress ...w a pub date of April 4, 2024! (funded by @afspnational ; of interest to @AASuicidology @socworkpodcast @IUImpact @Irsay_IU )

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Seth Abrutyn

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4 months

It’s been a week. Book came out officially. Citizenship ceremony tomorrow. And today, promotion to full (7/1)! For someone who as not planning on grad school and had to take some circuitous oaths to get to here, I am so elated! I couldn’t have done this tho w/o a ton of ppl

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

my heart breaks right now for my colleague, Sinikka, and her family.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Last night, we had a very moving tribute and vigil for our dear, late colleague, Sinikka Elliott @UBCSociology . We were hired at the same time, moving from NC and TN, respectively. She didn't know me, or I her, and yet we spoke a lot throughout the process; sharing bits of

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

6 months

This is happening! Can’t tell you how excited we are, and hope to see you all there! We worked real hard to make this book accessible for parents, teens, school staff, community stakeholders, and social scientists of all ilk!

UBC Sociology

@UBCSociology

6 months

Join Prof. @seth_abrutyn and co-author @procAnna as they discuss their new book, Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them, with Malcolm Gladwell at @92ndStreetY on May 6.

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Seth Abrutyn

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2 years

@H_Wohl - how do artists make aesthetic judgments? How do they change over time? How do others impact them? @UBCSociology distinguished speaker series live and in person!!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

New paper alert (preprint, but still!!!). This is a long-time coming baby, finally birthed. It looks to bring the neuroscience of social pain into sociology. Physical pain operates along two dissociable neural circuits.

Toward a Sociological Theory of Social Pain

A serious consideration of pain has largely been absent in sociology, especially physical pain’s close neurobiological relative, social pain. Social pain is the process by which rejection and...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Been waiting a long time to get my hands on this! So excited to see it in its final form

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Twitter brings out the worst in academics, usually in the form, ironically, of the very things their discipline rails against. Sociologists, for instance, often use their own experiences as generalizable, fall back on essentialism, decontextualize historically contextual things,

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

8 months

If you think sociology is going to liberate anyone, then I got some false consciousness to sell you.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Has anyone noticed that "critical" theories are mostly functionalist theories? They hone in on a thing (technology, patriarchy, etc.), then describe how it systematically functions to do X and Y, as well as its latent functions. The difference is the normative piece.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Finally teaching sociology of emotions this year! It is a blended grad/upper div undergrad seminar. Like the one I took in 1998 that converted me from psych. Can’t wait! Lots of ideas and lots of hope. And it’s not theory!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

Worth a read. Another example of how the baby (a great concept) was tossed with the bathwater (Parsonsian functionalism), and how soc chose to spin and reinvent its wheels rather than just use typical scientific methods to hone, improve, and reclaim the baby

Jeff Guhin

@jeffguhin

4 years

For sociologists, “socialization” is a controversial concept with baggage, usefulness, and potential. Excited to share @JessicaCalarco , @milleridriss and my (contingently accepted) Annual Review article “Whatever Happened to Socialization” via @socarxiv :

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Seth Abrutyn

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2 years

Welcome!!! We got a top-notch environmental scholar at a time when environmental sociology is so so important! Welcome to Vancouver and @UBCSociology !

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

UBC Professor life. We’re hiring

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Seth Abrutyn

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1 year

Look at what appeared today! @contextsmag @Amin_Ghaziani can’t wait to read cover to cover!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

UBC Professor life.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

6 years

#ASA2018 got me thinking a lot, about what on earth our discipline is up to re theory. In particular, I have been wrestling with teaching classical theory this fall (and last fall for grad students), and how asinine our pedagogy is; and, what that says about sociology

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

9 months

Malcolm Gladwell loved our book enough to blurb it!!!! #soctwitter #sociology

UBC Sociology

@UBCSociology

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@seth_abrutyn Best-selling author @Gladwell had this to say about the book: "Life under Pressure told me more about what has gone wrong with the upper-income corners of American society than any book I’ve read in years. It is a devastating work of scholarship." Pre-order at the link above!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Was told by a reviewer that my attempt to set anomie free from its Durkheimian strictures caused them not merely emotional, but also physical pain. How is this even a professional review? Even if facetious, it is completely unhelpful, unprofessional, and profoundly stupid.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

I’m in hell. I have a virtual graduate seminar in 40 minutes that I barely finished reading for and am on lone daddy duty right now for two insane kids. I think I understand the software, but have no clue how effervescence will be generated under these circumstances.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

7 months

Check this new work out on morality, affect, and reputation as the defining features of the self!

Morality, Affect, and Reputation in the Making of a Motivated Social Self - Seth Abrutyn, Jienian...

Despite the prevalence of symbolic interaction’s theory of the self, alongside alternative implicit models in dual-process and practice theory, sociology contin...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 months

I think it might be time for academics to just drop off of social media. It isn’t really doing anything for ppl. It brings more anxiety than career, policy, or personal benefits. That sugar water dopamine hit just isn’t enough.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

First dad/son flight. Overdue trip to see his uncle and his great grandma who has survived covid twice and is 95. So away we go

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

1 year

Coming soon to a bookstore near you….A long time coming, but worth it

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

My partner in crime, @procAnna , winning a huge career award. Named after one of the most inspiring suicidologist, Shneidman. Continues to crush if

Dr. Tyler Pritchard (he/him)

@PritchardPsych

4 years

Congrats due to AAS award winners! *Insert clapping gif here*. @procAnna @CorbinStandley @jjmPhD @RaymondPTucker @rickstrait777 (tag if I have missed 😬)

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Seth Abrutyn

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6 years

Found myself prepping for grad theory seminar, wk on emotions. Forgot just how good, and simple, Susan Shott's 79 AJS piece on symb interact and emotions was. Will share the basic principles (once again, soc has principles!)

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

1 year

Wanted to give a shout out to @c_uscola who was a co-winner of the @ASAnews Mental Health grad paper award!!! @UBCSociology #ASA2023 . So proud of all the hard work!

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Seth Abrutyn

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2 years

Just a reminder, @UBCSociology is hiring for climate change/environ. soc. Great department, great uni, great city. &, while youre at it, check out the twitter accounts of my colleagues: @Amin_Ghaziani @lndsyrchrdsn @ethanraker @LauraK_Nelson @yueqian_soc @HuddartEmily @dbtindall

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Yesterday we had a phenomenal showing for @allison_pugh 's talk on connective labor @UBCSociology ! More grad students than I'd seen in ages, colleagues I haven't seen in 1-2 years, and energy. I for one can't wait for the year to unfold.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

10 months

Fewer words are sweeter than "your manuscript has been accepted." My theory of social trauma - integrating collective and cultural trauma processes and grounding them in the neurophysiology of social pain - will soon see the light of day in Society and Mental Health.

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Seth Abrutyn

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3 years

This is what ⁦ @timgill924 ⁩ is talking about. Sociology owns all the fields. Even the chemists want sociology to lead

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

@omar_lizardo and I edited a new handbook on classical theory. It is not designed like others, as it is not a review. It asks of its incredible slate of authors to reimagine what classical theory is and what it should be doing.

Jeff Guhin

@jeffguhin

3 years

Hurray! The Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory is here! I'm honored to be among @seth_abrutyn and @omar_lizardo 's amazing list of authors. If you're interested, check out my counterfactual history of the sociology of education, "Why Study Schools?"

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 years

And so it is! @UBCSociology is welcoming two outstanding young scholars to our dept. @Sociology_Silva and @michelamusto are amazing! And we are lucky to have them!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

@omar_lizardo & I wrote a thing, check it out #soctwitter ! The paper resurrects the concept of roles, which we argue is 1 of the most imp concepts in the discipline, but 1 that is mostly superficial since the 80s (we evoke the word, but don't study them)

A Motivational Theory of Roles, Rewards, and Institutions

In this paper, we attempt to rehabilitate the notion of role by linking sociological role theory to recent work on motivational, affective, and cognitive neuroscience specifying the internal mechan...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Yay! We did an overview of sociological theorizing of #suicide since Durkheim!

Sarah Diefendorf

@sarahdief

3 years

New open access article, "The Social Roots of Suicide: Theorizing how the External Social World matters to Suicide and Suicide Prevention" by @procAnna @seth_abrutyn @pescosol and me is available now ||

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Seth Abrutyn

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4 months

Officially a Canadian citizen!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 years

Seriously, @UBCSociology killed it this year. Two awesome scholars. @michelamusto and @Sociology_Silva . Onward and upward! Can’t wait to see you two soon!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Hey y'all, we ( @contextsmag , @Amin_Ghaziani ) established a great editorial team to guide your submissions. @pardoguerra - trends, @ryancentner in pictures, @theyoungjoo - culture, @jncohen - book reviews. We don't just want feature pitches: We want all pitches! Big or small

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

We have an office! @contextsmag @Amin_Ghaziani @LettaPage @UBCSociology

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

7 months

While Goffman often made it appear as though the self was nothing w/o the situation, we show that in places Goffman wasnt interested in the positive attributes of self, but rather where things he took for granted as "normal" attributes of the self were 1/

Morality, Affect, and Reputation in the Making of a Motivated Social Self - Seth Abrutyn, Jienian...

Despite the prevalence of symbolic interaction’s theory of the self, alongside alternative implicit models in dual-process and practice theory, sociology contin...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

9 months

Another accepted paper = another glass of scotch

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

I saw someone say we need a sociological theory that challenges such and such. That’s fundamentally not what theories do. They make sense of data, orient research, and communicate science. Get it right folks

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Seth Abrutyn

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6 months

I’m beat. @procAnna and I are finished presenting the findings of our community-based 4 year student of youth suicide and help seeking. The district and schools came out in force as did key stakeholders. Felt meaningful. Might be the rare moment in my career I make a difference.

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Bought a house today. Feeling like the roots….

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Here is a paper I am particularly proud of, and though it is debatable (sure @procAnna would choose our 2018 Soc Theory piece), it is one of my fave theoretical pieces on suicide. The logic of the paper is simple. 1/n

The Socioemotional Foundations of Suicide: A Microsociological View of Durkheim’s Suicide - Seth...

Durkheim’s theory of suicide remains one of the quintessential “classic” theories in sociology. Since the 1960s and 1970s, however, it has been challenged on th...

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

For real. I spent so much of my first two years reading widely. I had the time and freedom to really build up a base of knowledge. But that’s not the game plan anymore.

Laura K. Nelson | @[email protected]

@LauraK_Nelson

2 years

Academia really really needs to sit with the fact that first year PhD students are stressed if they haven't published yet. I mean this is truly absurd. When do they get to learn? To train? To develop their craft? Slow it down. Slow it way the f down.

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6 years

Scholar activism is not what I think sociology is about. But @procAnna doing evidence-based public sociology - talking to teachers and counselors and first responders about the social roots of suicide in adolescence. That’s how we do it

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5 years

Opening my classical theory class with a discourse on why we don’t need classical theory classes any more. Why they are an utter waste of time, and having literally zero to offer ours students. There isn’t a single science - social or natural - that devotes a whole class...

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Seth Abrutyn

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4 years

Theory Rant #64 : I was combing contemp theory syllabi, online, for some assignment ideas, and I cannot tell you how often Goffman is placed in the symbolic interaction camp. He is not, was not, will never be a symbolic interactionist. He was a structural dramaturgical Durkheimian

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

Post the first four books that started you on your original intellectual journey no matter how cringe

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

2 years

You know what I miss from grad school? Being assigned readings that I had to do from smart people - meaning I had to read and had no choice, while also having the time to read deeply, broadly, and wildly. I miss reading irresponsibly, like a month of Mesopotamian archaeology.

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Seth Abrutyn

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2 years

Prof. Anna Zajacova presents her work on chronic pain, arguing for a more coherent and cogent sociology of pain @UBCSociology

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Seth Abrutyn

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1 year

My incredibly talented student did something difficult: published his MA thesis in an @ASAnews journal. A great paper on the identity processes of becoming a drinker. Counterintuitive findings. Great work!

UBC Sociology

@UBCSociology

1 year

#UBCSoci PhD student Colter Uscola has recently published a single authored paper about drinker identity development in Society and Mental Health ( @society_mental ). We talked to him about his work on this piece, read the full Q&A below!

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@seth_abrutyn

5 years

Wow. Fascinating paper

American Sociological Review

@ASR_Journal

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NEW! Hallett, Stapleton & Sauder: Social science ideas become public when mediators make them objects of interest using them to make sense of news and draw connections between matters of public interest across national and local contexts

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5 years

What Is the Point of Sociological Theory?

This morning, I will be embarking on graduate contemporary theory for the eighth time in my career. Every year, it has evolved – sometimes quite significantly – making me the guy who wo…

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

Some broad thoughts on affective neuroscience and the sociology of emotions. #soctwitter

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@seth_abrutyn

2 years

Worth a read. Sociology is filled with non-theory theories. Little explanation, like there is an allergy to it. An ironic fashion, those that accuse folks like me of science envy often have philosophy envy, as though Durkheim's commitment to Kant or whomever makes a difference

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2 years

Just reviewed a theory article that was basically: X is important, it influences society. Here again, orienting statements are not explanations.

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3 years

Marx. Weber. Beer.

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1 year

Every time my son comes to work he thinks my association is a celebration of him (his name is synonymous with the association)

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11 months

The rare sociology book dealing directly with affective motivation. Love love love.

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7 years

I am really excited to announce I will be joining @UBCSociology 's dept in the fall! Can't wait to join a phenom faculty in phenom Canada!

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10 months

Application for Canadian Citzenship submitted.

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2 years

⁦ @allison_pugh ⁩ presenting on ⁦ @UBCSociology ⁩’s distinguished speaker series. Connections and connective labor.

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5 years

Reading books on theory construction. And I keep coming back to Art Stinchcombe’s summation: the reason for having theories of social phenomena is to EXPLAIN the pattern in observations of the world. Homans agreed.

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3 years

There are moments where I look at one of my kids and my heart wants to burst. Having children is incredible. Tough and exhausting. But incredible.

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4 years

⁦ @omar_lizardo ⁩ and I did a thing on affective neuroscience, cognitive science, and social psychology. Super fun paper to write, and a frontier worth traversing! #soctwitter

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1 year

I realize ASA has ceased sending physical copies to authors, which is understandable, but I love receiving the hard copy.

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4 years

Uh, @UBCSociology getting some nice visiting scholars up in here!

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3 years

Sociologists cant even agree about what crisis we are having!

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@seth_abrutyn

9 months

All, the newest issue of Contexts is live and living in color!!! It is free to download for 30 days, so get your rad, rigorous, readable, relevant sociology now, now now!!!!

Contexts Magazine

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Happy new issue day! Contexts' Fall 2023 issue is now live and *free* to read, download, and share through 12/15. Spread the word! Clickable Table of Contents here:

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5 years

Interesting article on #suicide ( @elizculotta ). Mentions our early ⁦ @asr_journal ⁩ paper on suicide diffusion! And a quote from my brilliant co-author, ⁦ @procAnna ⁩ Have humans developed natural defenses against suicide? | Science | AAAS

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2 years

You know what this makes me feel, like I’m in too many sections. What a weird unintended consequence.

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2 years

God help me.

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What might a new sociology of emotions look like? Maybe one that finally collapses the strict separation of cognition and affect? One that expands its measurement beyond self-report and adopts the multi-component view of emotions.

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@seth_abrutyn

5 years

We knew this decades ago. But worth repeating: “A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders.”

Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW - covid aware

@njsmyth

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Study on the DSM's validity finds no scientific meaning #socialwork Colin Ross, Stuart Kirk, Herb Kutchins will be saying, "yeah, we said this a while ago'

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1 year

File away in, ya, sociology has some legitimate theoretical principles. This is what we should be teaching in place of classical theory, FYI

Lasse S. Liebst

@LSLiebst

1 year

An amazing review of the robust evidence supporting the Durkheimian theory of collective assemblies and effervescence: "In conclusion, this century-old model is remarkably supported by recent results, mostly collected in experimental settings." #sociology

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4 years

That trump still has 40% of the vote says something truly awful about America. Truly awful.

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@seth_abrutyn

1 year

Great group of folks! Another example of colleagues killing it! (if you didn’t know, Clayton and @nedasoc are headed west to their new home @UBCSociology )

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s

@PrincetonUPress

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Welcome to three new editors for the Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology! Clayton Childress, Angèle Christin, and Iddo Tavory join current editors Paul DiMaggio, Michèle Lamont, and Viviana A. Zelizer. Meet the new editors @AngeleChristin #ASA2023

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Seth Abrutyn

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 years

Woke up to read @Jamie_Ducharme 's excellent @TIME mag article on our work ( @procAnna / @MOsborne_Soc ) on how & why cultural beliefs contribute to the persistence of youth #suicide clusters/diffusion. The paper is open access @ Society and Mental Health

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Seth Abrutyn

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6 years

Made my late mom’s noodle kugel for the first time (prepped for tomorrow night). Been hard to imagine making it till now. But I’m excited to make my son’s first truly cognizant Hanukkah a smash hit

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

11 months

Ordered a screwdriver. Server brought me a rea screwdriver. I laughed, politely, and said I meant the drink. “The drink?” I said it is an alcoholic drink. She said: “I just turned 19. And I don’t really drink”

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Oh, man, sad. One of my earliest influences as I dived into anthropology as a means to expanding my sociology.

Alan Thomas

@alnthomas

3 years

Marshall Sahlins, a giant in the field of anthropology and a treasured @UChicagoPress author, died yesterday at his home in Hyde Park. This is Marshall in 2013, enjoying a pastrami sandwich at Manny’s Cafeteria, his favorite Chicago lunch spot. RIP.

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Seth Abrutyn

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5 years

Prepping for grad contemp theory tmrw. Realizing the balance between “how do ppl publish theory-oriented pieces,” “how do ppl use theory in emp driven papers,” & “what is (scientific) theory and what should we be striving for in writing/using it in soc” are the roots of the prob

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

5 years

Hey y’all - check out @procAnna and I talking about our suicide research and the need for more sociological attention to this serious health/social problem!

The Annex Podcast

@socannex

5 years

Today, the Annex interview @seth_abrutyn and @procAnna about their work on teen suicide.

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Seth Abrutyn

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1 year

Sizzling quote of the day: “[the more atheoretical sociology becomes, the more] it condemns itself to the sterile state of knowing more and more about less and less." P. Sorokin

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

7 years

Officially a faculty member of @UBCSociology ! So excited for this new chapter. Can't wait to get to work!

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

4 years

Hi! I’m an associate prof @UBCSociology . I work with @procAnna , studying adolescent suicide diffusion and clustering. I try to synthesize emotions, social psych and cultural soc into otherwise structural or psychological frameworks. #ElevatetheConvo

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Seth Abrutyn

@seth_abrutyn

3 years

Theory shouldn’t be a puzzle or unapproachable. It should be eminently usable or it’s shite. Theory should guide questions not raise more because it makes no sense

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Seth Abrutyn

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@MarioLuisSmall Very nice. I was told to keep a happy email folder. Praise from mentors; acceptances that mattered; invitations; etc. it has really helped me a lot.

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