{"id":188,"date":"2020-12-12T13:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T13:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=188"},"modified":"2020-12-12T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T13:59:38","slug":"jeff-guhin-on-charles-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2020\/12\/12\/jeff-guhin-on-charles-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Guhin on Charles Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffguhin.com\/\">Jeff Guhin,<\/a> an assistant professor of sociology at UCLA, and author of the recently published <em><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/agents-of-god-9780190244743?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\">Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools<\/a>. <\/em>Jeff discusses the inspiration he finds in the works of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)\">Charles Taylor<\/a>, reflects on the value and challenges of reading philosophy as a sociologist, the importance of having friends, and introduces us to social imaginaries and &#8220;subtraction stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1730\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-188-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3\">https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=188-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC34_Guhin_on_Taylor.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by Jeff Guhin, an assistant professor of sociology at UCLA, and author of the recently published Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools. 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