Eleanor Townsley

Associate Professor of Sociology

Email: etownsle@mtholyoke.edu

Office: Merrill House, Room 201

Tel: 413-538-2803

Media intellectuals and the social space of opinion (with Ron Jacobs). Book manuscript in progress

On the Communicative Geography of Public Sociology. (with Ron Jacobs) Whatever else it may be, global sociology is a communicative project, which consists of mediated conversations and dialogues among sociologists worldwide. What is “global” about global sociology then, is not (or not only) a common object, such as globalization or planetary society; rather, it is the attempt to refashion the form of cultural exchange among those who want to participate in the sociological tradition around the world. We offer an analytical distinction between two communicative forms to analyze such a global sociological project: the globalizing form and the transnational form. On this basis, we hope to render questions about the institutional -- disciplinary, national, intellectual – nature of global sociology more precise. Under review.