Jonathan Eastwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Eastwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Eastwood |
| SIGNATURE | EASTWOOD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington and Lee University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-0071-3332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Building Computational Literacy in Undergraduate Sociology Using Software: An Example in Teaching Social Network Analysis
Computational literacy, broadly defined as having the skills and knowledge to use computing technology, provides new avenues for students to connect sociological concepts with empirical cases. However, integrating computational literacy into undergraduate sociology curricula presents logistical and other challenges for instructors. This article explores how to overcome these challenges by using software to integrate computational skill building i…
Nationalist Movements Explained: Comparisons from Canada, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland
Should immigrants culturally assimilate or preserve their own culture? Host-society natives' beliefs and the longevity of national identity
The longevity of national identity and national pride: Evidence from wider Europe
National pride predicts a wide range of politico-economic outcomes, yet what makes individuals proud of their nation is not completely understood. We propose and test a theory that an important but thus far unexplored determinant of contemporary national pride is the longevity of national identity. To measure the longevity of national identity, we construct an index based on responses from an original expert survey designed to trace the emergence…
L atin A merica
This entry provides a brief overview of national identity in Latin America. It begins with a general discussion of the historical sequencing of national identity's spread in the region, noting the entry of the modern idea in this part of the world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, its relationship to the independence struggles of the Spanish American states, and its gradual, incomplete, and contested diffusion throughout thes…
Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830)
This entry provides an overview of the part played by Simón Bolívar in the creation of five national republics in the early nineteenth century in Latin America. His role as both a military leader and an architect of institutions and identities is stressed. The entry also addresses Bolívar's subsequent influence.
Can (and Should) We Construct an Evolutionary Psychological Theory of Institutions
This article considers the question of whether, as a number of scholars have suggested, we can (or should) develop a theory of institutions from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (EP), construed broadly. To do so, the article reviews EP's core explanatory strategy and the main claims that have been made by proponents of an EP institutional theory, focusing on arguments about (1) welfare states and (2) “honor cultures” and the institution…
George Ciccariello-Maher. We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution
Some people like their history to be or to approximate science. Others like it to produce stories about the past that envelop today's actors in meanings and identities that suit contemporary purposes. Those who hold the latter preference will likely receive the book under review warmly: that is, if the narrative's slant aligns with their own. Those who prefer the former will likely find We Created Chávez frustratingly committed to a strongly ideo…
Aurora movements’ and our current moment of protest
Democracy despite despotism: A Latin American paradox
Bourdieu, Flaubert, and the Sociology of Literature
In The Field of Cultural Production and The Rules of Art, Pierre Bourdieu offered a highly suggestive reading and analysis of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education. Bourdieu's approach has been extraordinarily influential in recent years in both the sociology of culture and, increasingly, literary criticism. Yet, his treatment of Flaubert's work, this article argues, despite its indisputable insight is problematic in several ways. This article…
The rise of nationalism in Venezuela
Eastwood offers a novel account of the rise of nationalism in Venezuela and the broader Hispanic world. Beginning with analysis of the origins of Spanish nationalism in the eighteenth century, he examines the character of social life in Venezuela during the colonial period, showing there was no national consciousness there for the bulk of this period and sketching those characteristics of colonial Caracas that made its elite so receptive to natio…
The role of ideas in Weber's theory of interests
Max Weber's understanding of the role of people's interests in determining their behavior has been widely misunderstood, because of a misinterpretation of a famous passage in which he analogizes interests to railway “switchmen.” Contrary to this widespread view, Weber does not see material self‐interest as the driving force behind human action. Rather, he distinguishes between material and “ideal” interests; emphasizes the latter; and, arguably, …
Positivism and Nationalism in 19th Century France and Mexico
This article explores the relationship between positivism and nationalism in 19th century France and Mexico, arguing that positivism cannot be understood without considering it in close relation to the rise of collectivistic and civic nationalism in each society. To elite intellectuals in both France and Mexico, positivism seemed to resolve the apparent chaos generated by the political-conceptual revolution that nationalism had given rise to, and…
The role of ideas in Weber's theory of interests
Max Weber's understanding of the role of people's interests in determining their behavior has been widely misunderstood, because of a misinterpretation of a famous passage in which he analogizes interests to railway “switchmen.” Contrary to this widespread view, Weber does not see material self‐interest as the driving force behind human action. Rather, he distinguishes between material and “ideal” interests; emphasizes the latter; and, arguably, …
Bourdieu, Flaubert, and the Sociology of Literature
In The Field of Cultural Production and The Rules of Art, Pierre Bourdieu offered a highly suggestive reading and analysis of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education. Bourdieu's approach has been extraordinarily influential in recent years in both the sociology of culture and, increasingly, literary criticism. Yet, his treatment of Flaubert's work, this article argues, despite its indisputable insight is problematic in several ways. This article…
Should immigrants culturally assimilate or preserve their own culture? Host-society natives' beliefs and the longevity of national identity
The longevity of national identity and national pride: Evidence from wider Europe
National pride predicts a wide range of politico-economic outcomes, yet what makes individuals proud of their nation is not completely understood. We propose and test a theory that an important but thus far unexplored determinant of contemporary national pride is the longevity of national identity. To measure the longevity of national identity, we construct an index based on responses from an original expert survey designed to trace the emergence…
Can (and Should) We Construct an Evolutionary Psychological Theory of Institutions
This article considers the question of whether, as a number of scholars have suggested, we can (or should) develop a theory of institutions from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (EP), construed broadly. To do so, the article reviews EP's core explanatory strategy and the main claims that have been made by proponents of an EP institutional theory, focusing on arguments about (1) welfare states and (2) “honor cultures” and the institution…
Positivism and Nationalism in 19th Century France and Mexico
This article explores the relationship between positivism and nationalism in 19th century France and Mexico, arguing that positivism cannot be understood without considering it in close relation to the rise of collectivistic and civic nationalism in each society. To elite intellectuals in both France and Mexico, positivism seemed to resolve the apparent chaos generated by the political-conceptual revolution that nationalism had given rise to, and…
Positivism and Nationalism in 19th Century France and Mexico
This article explores the relationship between positivism and nationalism in 19th century France and Mexico, arguing that positivism cannot be understood without considering it in close relation to the rise of collectivistic and civic nationalism in each society. To elite intellectuals in both France and Mexico, positivism seemed to resolve the apparent chaos generated by the political-conceptual revolution that nationalism had given rise to, and…
The role of ideas in Weber's theory of interests
Max Weber's understanding of the role of people's interests in determining their behavior has been widely misunderstood, because of a misinterpretation of a famous passage in which he analogizes interests to railway “switchmen.” Contrary to this widespread view, Weber does not see material self‐interest as the driving force behind human action. Rather, he distinguishes between material and “ideal” interests; emphasizes the latter; and, arguably, …
The rise of nationalism in Venezuela
Eastwood offers a novel account of the rise of nationalism in Venezuela and the broader Hispanic world. Beginning with analysis of the origins of Spanish nationalism in the eighteenth century, he examines the character of social life in Venezuela during the colonial period, showing there was no national consciousness there for the bulk of this period and sketching those characteristics of colonial Caracas that made its elite so receptive to natio…
Democracy despite despotism: A Latin American paradox
Bourdieu, Flaubert, and the Sociology of Literature
In The Field of Cultural Production and The Rules of Art, Pierre Bourdieu offered a highly suggestive reading and analysis of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education. Bourdieu's approach has been extraordinarily influential in recent years in both the sociology of culture and, increasingly, literary criticism. Yet, his treatment of Flaubert's work, this article argues, despite its indisputable insight is problematic in several ways. This article…
Aurora movements’ and our current moment of protest
George Ciccariello-Maher. We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution
Some people like their history to be or to approximate science. Others like it to produce stories about the past that envelop today's actors in meanings and identities that suit contemporary purposes. Those who hold the latter preference will likely receive the book under review warmly: that is, if the narrative's slant aligns with their own. Those who prefer the former will likely find We Created Chávez frustratingly committed to a strongly ideo…
L atin A merica
This entry provides a brief overview of national identity in Latin America. It begins with a general discussion of the historical sequencing of national identity's spread in the region, noting the entry of the modern idea in this part of the world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, its relationship to the independence struggles of the Spanish American states, and its gradual, incomplete, and contested diffusion throughout thes…
Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830)
This entry provides an overview of the part played by Simón Bolívar in the creation of five national republics in the early nineteenth century in Latin America. His role as both a military leader and an architect of institutions and identities is stressed. The entry also addresses Bolívar's subsequent influence.
Can (and Should) We Construct an Evolutionary Psychological Theory of Institutions
This article considers the question of whether, as a number of scholars have suggested, we can (or should) develop a theory of institutions from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (EP), construed broadly. To do so, the article reviews EP's core explanatory strategy and the main claims that have been made by proponents of an EP institutional theory, focusing on arguments about (1) welfare states and (2) “honor cultures” and the institution…
The longevity of national identity and national pride: Evidence from wider Europe
National pride predicts a wide range of politico-economic outcomes, yet what makes individuals proud of their nation is not completely understood. We propose and test a theory that an important but thus far unexplored determinant of contemporary national pride is the longevity of national identity. To measure the longevity of national identity, we construct an index based on responses from an original expert survey designed to trace the emergence…
Should immigrants culturally assimilate or preserve their own culture? Host-society natives' beliefs and the longevity of national identity
Nationalist Movements Explained: Comparisons from Canada, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland
Building Computational Literacy in Undergraduate Sociology Using Software: An Example in Teaching Social Network Analysis
Computational literacy, broadly defined as having the skills and knowledge to use computing technology, provides new avenues for students to connect sociological concepts with empirical cases. However, integrating computational literacy into undergraduate sociology curricula presents logistical and other challenges for instructors. This article explores how to overcome these challenges by using software to integrate computational skill building i…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (5 works) · History (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Elite (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)