Michael Burawoy: Public Sociology and Optimism of the Will
Michael Burawoy was my PhD advisor and was in my life from 2001. I had the privilege of sharing a rich and wonderful dialogue with him for 24 years. My last email to Michael was just a few hours before I learned of his passing, sharing with him my thoughts for a Palestine teach-in that he generously encouraged. Just minutes after teaching his brilliant 2000 essay, “Marxism after Communism,” I received a voicemail and then read the devastating...