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Scott Schaffer, Associate Professor

PhD, York University Full CV
BA, MA, University of California

Core Faculty Member, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
Member, The Millennium Project: Global Futures Studies & Research
Associate Editor, Sociology Theory

Recent Activities

June 3 discussant in Part I: Ethics & Expertise session of CSA Symposium for Early Career Theorists

Research

Dr Schaffer’s primary research interests lie in the fields of contemporary and global social theory, social ethics and social inclusion, and processes of social change. He has done a wide variety of work on public sociology, cultural critique, studies of everyday life, social development, and resistance movements.

His current work is focused on developing a normatively-based conception of sociology and social ethics that can be used to evaluate current societal phenomena and social policy, anticipate future social problems, and develop proactive solutions to those future societal threats.

Recent Publications (Past 5 Years)
for more see Full CV

Book Chapters

(2018) "Cosmopolitanism and an Ethics of Sacrifice" in Ananta Kumar Giri (ed.), Beyond Cosmopolitanism: Toward Planetary Transformations , Palgrave Macmillan

(2017) "Kairos and an Ethics of Space: Toward reconceptualising conversations and their loci," in A.K. Giri (ed.), Pathways of Creative Research: Toward a Festival of Dialogues , Primus Books.

(2016) "The Past as Product in the Present: Disney and the Imagineering of Histories," in D. Brode and S.T. Brode (eds.), Debating Disney: Pedagogical Perspectives on Commercial Cinema, Rowman and Littlefield

(2014) "L’Ouverture des bouches: The Social and Intellectual Bases for Engaged and Public Social Theory," in Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. Schneider (eds.), The Public Sociology Debate: Ethics and Engagement , UBC Press.

(2012) "Cosmopolitanising Cosmopolitanism? Cosmopolitan Claims Making, Interculturalism, and the Bouchard-Taylor Report," in Will Kymlicka and Kathryn Walker (eds.) Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Canada and the World , UBC Press