{"id":7867,"date":"2025-02-10T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:29:15","slug":"clippings-february-10th-2025-tsp-media-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2025\/02\/10\/clippings-february-10th-2025-tsp-media-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippings | February 10th, 2025 TSP Media Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Renowned British scholar Michael Burawoy passed away at age 77 after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. An influential Marxist scholar, Burawoy was known for his seminal book Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process under Monopoly Capitalism<\/em><\/a> and advocacy for public sociology<\/a>. Raka Ray<\/a> (Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California-Berkeley) expressed the weight of this loss: \u201cMichael dedicated 47 years of his life to Berkeley, contributing immeasurably to the discipline, transforming the fields of labor, ethnography and theory,\u201d Ray said. \u201cHis greatest legacy, though, went far beyond the many books and articles he published or prestigious awards he received \u2014 it was in the people whose lives he changed. He was an extraordinary teacher who mentored and inspired thousands of students, changing their lives with his fierce intellect and kindness.\u201d Geoffrey Pleyers<\/a> (Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of Louvain and President of the International Sociological Association) commented: \u201cHe left us at a time we most needed his leadership, his energy, his tireless work to understand our world, his example as an extraordinary teacher, his faith in a relevant public sociology, his openness to a global dialogue, his energy against injustice.\u201d This story was covered by The Oaklandside<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Raka Ray<\/a> and Geoffrey Pleyers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times<\/em><\/a> ran an article on the rebuilding of the Palisades after the recent California wildfires. Max Besbris<\/a> (Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) commented that \u201crecovery in the Palisades is going to be this really fast, big buildup back toward really valuable, very expensive properties.\u201d Besbris noted that residents of the area\u2013with high economic and political power\u2013will be \u201cable to dictate the terms of their own recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Max Besbris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week, multiple sociologists offered reflections on the state of the U.S. under the new Trump administration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n