I in the World-System: Stories from an Odd Sociology Class
Selected Student Writings: Soc 280Z-Sociology of Knowledge: Mysticism, Science, and Utopia, Binghamton University, Spring 1997
Edited by:
Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Description
This “Class-Book” was a student/instructor self-publishing experiment in a course offered at Binghamton University (SUNY) taught by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi in Spring 1997 when he was a graduate student enrolled in BU’s doctoral program in Sociology. The course was freshly designed and titled, “Soc 280Z: Sociology of Knowledge: Mysticism, Science, and Utopia.” The class-book was designed and printed in less than two weeks by the instructor in order to make it available to students as soon a possible after the class.
The publisher name proposed by a contributing student author (Ingrid Heller) and adopted by the contributors was the “Crumbling Façades Press.” The class-book experiment was one that eventually inspired and contributed to the launching of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge (ISSN: 1540-5699, 2002-), devoted to advancing the sociological imagination in a new world-historically self-reflective framework.
It was dedicated to the living memory of the late Professor Terence K. Hopkins (d. 1997), the founding Director of the Graduate Studies program of the Department of Sociology at SUNY-Binghamton. Contributors to the volume include: Shannon Martin, Ian Hinonangan, Nicholas Jezarian, Jeff Alexander: Tears of a Clown, Meghan Murphy, Heather Mealey, Daniel B. Kaplan, Ingrid Heller, Martin Magnusson, Arturo Pacheco, Keira Kaercher, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-888024-70-8 eBook PDF
ISBN-10: 1-888024-27-5 paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-888024-27-2 paperback
ISSN: 1540-5699
Number of Pages: 344
Publisher: Okcir Press ([1997] 2005 pb) (2012 eb)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 5.5×8.5 inches
Contents
Acknowledgments
Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Introduction: The revolutionary “class” 3
1. Shannon Martin
The Wind Beneath My Wings 19
2. Ian Hinonangan
Wholeness: Views From A Sexually Abused Child 42
3. Nicholas Jezarian:
Ruminations Past Lying: A CriticalDialogue with G. I. Gurdjieff 66
4. Jeff Alexander
Tears of a Clown 89
5. Meghan Murphy
Decisions 103
6. Heather Mealey
A Glimpse into My Future 120
7. Daniel B. Kaplan
Am I Working Hard or Hardly Working? 148
8. Ingrid Heller
Self, World, and Motivation: An Exploration 176
9. Martin Magnusson
The (Incomplete) Information Age 200
10. Arturo Pacheco
Faith, Relationships, and Death: A Search for Significance and a Meaning Beyond Sadness 221
11.Keira Kaercher
In Search of My Own Utopia 273
Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Conclusion: Ideology & Utopia in Mannheim: Towards the Sociology of Self- Knowledge 305