About

Long retired journeyman sociologist
is using blog form to sum up his appreciation of the field.
Written in short essays, notes, recollections, it will cover reports on…

(1) adventurous research projects,
(2) nagging questions of method,
(3) necessary critiques of a few concepts,
(4) attempts at analysis of events and issues,
(5) and wonder at the continuing mysteries of social life.

It is something like Rip Van Winkle’s return. Perhaps a little out of step: limited scholarship, misreading of established ideas, struggling with vanished shadows. Yet some reader, even in casual encounter, whether bemused or astonished or rejecting, may catch a spark and motor off in a new direction.

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The logo photo illustrates the plural experience. Spectators in Washington Square Park at the lower end of 5th Avenue in New York City stand around a not-in-service fountain where someone is dancing.

avi@ordenarysociology.com