Past issues

Special Issue in Memory of Michael Burawoy As part of the celebrations marking the 15th anniversary of Global Dialogue, founded by Michael Burawoy in 2010, we agreed with him in January this year that this issue would be devoted to reviewing the advances in public and global sociology over the past fifteen years. Michael’s vision for this special issue was ambitious, as he expressed it in his own words in personal correspondence: “Breno, I think it is a terrific idea to have a special session for GD on its 15-year anniversary. Perhaps you could produce a special issue with contributions from the regions (though that may be a challenge) or focus on some of the major challenges for public sociology in turbulent times, such as big issues of the day – war, climate change, inequality, and abortion – all examined through...

This second issue of the year opens with a focus on India, home to one of the world’s most vibrant sociological communities. In this section dedicated to Indian sociology, five leading intellectuals from the country engage with different issues such as the tension between indigenous and Western sociologies, ongoing efforts to decolonize thought, the historical development and regional specificities of Indian sociology, and the impact of feminism and social movements. By foregrounding these central themes in Indian debates, we pay tribute to the Indian Sociological Society, founded in 1951, which will host its 50th annual conference in December 2025. The main thematic section of this issue addresses the normalization of the far right. The seven articles, curated by Sabrina Zajak, Emanuele Toscano, and Anna-Maria Meuth, argue that the far right has already become the “new...

This year, Global Dialogue (GD) is fifteen years old. It all started in a handcrafted way thanks to the extraordinary impetus of Michael Burawoy. In his first editorial in September 2010, Michael wrote: “We want this newsletter to become the center for the exchange of ideas within our global community.” At the end of 2014, after the XVIII ISA World Congress in Japan, Global Dialogue ceased to be a newsletter and became a magazine. Gradually, it went from being published in four languages to seventeen, combining online articles with four (and then three) issues per year, and took on an increasingly professional design. Lola Busuttil and August Bagà, who have been involved in the making of GD since the beginning, have great merit in this achievement. At the end of 2017, Michael Burawoy wrote a short history of Global Dialogue in the GD7.4...