R Hammer
Biographic Data
| ID | 70061 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Hammer |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hammer |
| SIGNATURE | HAMMER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2435-7480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Atlantic Reconstruction: Democracy, Abolition, and the Making of Political Personhood
Rethinking Historical Sociology: Learning from W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Radical Tradition
For too long, questions of racism and colonialism have not been part of historical sociology's understanding of modernity. Yet, a new generation of scholars has begun to address this, placing racism and empire at the center of their inquiries. This new generation looks to previously marginalized scholars for guidelines and inspiration. In line with this shift in historical sociology, this paper brings the work of W.E.B. Du Bois and other writers …
Between Stuart Hall and Cedric Robinson: Capturing Imaginaries of Racial Capitalism
Decolonizing the Civil Sphere: The Politics of Difference, Imperial Erasures, and Theorizing from History
This article rethinks sociological approaches to difference and inclusion. It argues that civil sphere theory replicates colonial dynamics through abstracting civil codes from their role in colonial governance. Through a case study of French colonial Algeria, the article illuminates the historical co-constitution of the French Republic and the colonial subject. This imperial history explains how civil codes came about through the same social proc…
Toward a Sociology of Colonial Subjectivity: Political Agency in Haiti and Liberia
The authors seek to connect global historical sociology with racial formation theory to examine how antislavery movements fostered novel forms of self-government and justifications for state formation. The cases of Haiti and Liberia demonstrate how enslaved and formerly enslaved actors rethought modern politics at the time, producing novel political subjects in the process. Prior to the existence of these nations, self-determination by black subj…
Bringing the Global Home: Students Research Local Areas through Postcolonial Perspectives
This article describes a class that draws on postcolonial insights to create a global sociological imagination. Postcolonial approaches can make visible how global connections have shaped our local environments even if these relations are not always immediately visible. Specifically, students in this class highlight how global relations, such as the slave trade, settler colonialism, racial formations, or migrations, constitute the local. If we st…
Decolonizing the Civil Sphere: The Politics of Difference, Imperial Erasures, and Theorizing from History
This article rethinks sociological approaches to difference and inclusion. It argues that civil sphere theory replicates colonial dynamics through abstracting civil codes from their role in colonial governance. Through a case study of French colonial Algeria, the article illuminates the historical co-constitution of the French Republic and the colonial subject. This imperial history explains how civil codes came about through the same social proc…
Toward a Sociology of Colonial Subjectivity: Political Agency in Haiti and Liberia
The authors seek to connect global historical sociology with racial formation theory to examine how antislavery movements fostered novel forms of self-government and justifications for state formation. The cases of Haiti and Liberia demonstrate how enslaved and formerly enslaved actors rethought modern politics at the time, producing novel political subjects in the process. Prior to the existence of these nations, self-determination by black subj…
Rethinking Historical Sociology: Learning from W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Radical Tradition
For too long, questions of racism and colonialism have not been part of historical sociology's understanding of modernity. Yet, a new generation of scholars has begun to address this, placing racism and empire at the center of their inquiries. This new generation looks to previously marginalized scholars for guidelines and inspiration. In line with this shift in historical sociology, this paper brings the work of W.E.B. Du Bois and other writers …
Between Stuart Hall and Cedric Robinson: Capturing Imaginaries of Racial Capitalism
Bringing the Global Home: Students Research Local Areas through Postcolonial Perspectives
This article describes a class that draws on postcolonial insights to create a global sociological imagination. Postcolonial approaches can make visible how global connections have shaped our local environments even if these relations are not always immediately visible. Specifically, students in this class highlight how global relations, such as the slave trade, settler colonialism, racial formations, or migrations, constitute the local. If we st…
Bringing the Global Home: Students Research Local Areas through Postcolonial Perspectives
This article describes a class that draws on postcolonial insights to create a global sociological imagination. Postcolonial approaches can make visible how global connections have shaped our local environments even if these relations are not always immediately visible. Specifically, students in this class highlight how global relations, such as the slave trade, settler colonialism, racial formations, or migrations, constitute the local. If we st…
Toward a Sociology of Colonial Subjectivity: Political Agency in Haiti and Liberia
The authors seek to connect global historical sociology with racial formation theory to examine how antislavery movements fostered novel forms of self-government and justifications for state formation. The cases of Haiti and Liberia demonstrate how enslaved and formerly enslaved actors rethought modern politics at the time, producing novel political subjects in the process. Prior to the existence of these nations, self-determination by black subj…
Decolonizing the Civil Sphere: The Politics of Difference, Imperial Erasures, and Theorizing from History
This article rethinks sociological approaches to difference and inclusion. It argues that civil sphere theory replicates colonial dynamics through abstracting civil codes from their role in colonial governance. Through a case study of French colonial Algeria, the article illuminates the historical co-constitution of the French Republic and the colonial subject. This imperial history explains how civil codes came about through the same social proc…
Between Stuart Hall and Cedric Robinson: Capturing Imaginaries of Racial Capitalism
Rethinking Historical Sociology: Learning from W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Radical Tradition
For too long, questions of racism and colonialism have not been part of historical sociology's understanding of modernity. Yet, a new generation of scholars has begun to address this, placing racism and empire at the center of their inquiries. This new generation looks to previously marginalized scholars for guidelines and inspiration. In line with this shift in historical sociology, this paper brings the work of W.E.B. Du Bois and other writers …
Atlantic Reconstruction: Democracy, Abolition, and the Making of Political Personhood
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)