The 2020 SSSP Presidential Address Bringing the Hope Back In

The Sociological Imagination and Dreams of Transformation

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ID2244767
AuthorsHeather M Dalmage (Roosevelt University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume68
Issue4
Pages801-808
Publication date2021-10-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/socpro/spab016
OpenAlexW3193403842
LanguageEN
References cited13

“Hope is a decisive element in any attempt to bring about social change in the direction of greater aliveness, awareness, and reason.” Erich Fromm, The Revolution of Hope The warm, humid, Southern California air carried the aroma of the surrounding vineyard, dinner rolls, and wine. Hanging from the frame of a spacious tent, dimmed lanterns cast an orange glow. “Heather,” a voice interrupted my discussion with other graduate students about our shared disgust at the 1994 Crime Bill that Clinton would soon sign into law. I turned toward Barbara Katz Rothman, my mentor and then-president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She was all smiles. “I’d like to introduce you to Joyce Ladner.” I was humbled—tongue-tied— I shook the hand of a woman whose work had meant so much to my own. As a second year PhD student, in that space, in that moment, in my earliest...

Aesthetics · Art · Depiction · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidential address · Presidential system · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Visual arts · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Race Theory in Education · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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