{"id":205,"date":"2021-01-18T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=205"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:55:01","slug":"jocelyn-viterna-on-teaching-our-ugly-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2021\/01\/18\/jocelyn-viterna-on-teaching-our-ugly-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Jocelyn Viterna on Teaching Our Ugly Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/viterna\/home\"><strong>Dr. Jocelyn Viterna<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University. Jocelyn introduces her approach to teaching sociological theory in a way that is honest about our intellectual roots and engages with the centrality of social evolutionary thought and racist ideology in early disciplinary writings. 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