Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley
Working on a book on right-wing populism
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/cihan-tugal
Cihan Tugal
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contemporary era. We may not end up agreeing on the main dynamics behind this apocalyptic upsurge. We will certainly disagree with each other on sociology’s role in addressing it. But theoretical debates can remind us of our common disciplinary grounding and help us imagine 5/
destructive forces have been gaining the upper hand throughout the world.
As I promised in my election statement, I will use this opportunity to promote debate on the escalation of wars, ecological devastation, masculinist racism, the exclusion of labor, authoritarianism, and austerity in the 4/
of these issues have taught and mentored me, and I have worked with, or admired the research of, others. I see theory as one of our tools to establish a common denominator in a world where sociology and society face fatal threats. Theoretical debates will allow us to talk about why and how 3/
I was elected to chair the Theory section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)!
I thank my colleagues for granting me this honor.
I realize that this comes at a hard time for the ASA. Sociology is under attack from the far right. We are also deeply and seriously divided. Some could 1/6
I signed a contract with Stanford University Press for my book on populism, capitalism, and social movements!
This came after ten years of research on roughly a dozen countries, a couple of false leads, discarded sections and country cases, comments on chapter drafts by brilliant colleagues and ++
I am working on the final revisions this summer.
The book will hopefully be out in early 2027!
people- and nature-friendly alternatives to a world dominated by capital, empires, and states, even while acknowledging the limits of scholarship in addressing these overwhelming problems.
PS: I will serve as chair-elect for one year and assume the more active chair role the following year. 6/6
say that chairing such a key ASA section will be a curse rather than a blessing under the current circumstances. I will instead treat it as a challenge.
I have been public about my positions regarding the disciplinary conflicts I alluded to above. However, sociologists on the other side 2/
graduate students, and two rounds of thorough referee reports.
The book compares the relatively more resilient Erdoğan, Modi, and (RIP?) Orbán autocracies to the weaker Duterte and Bolsonaro regimes. Poland occupies a middle ground. Trumpism is discussed as a shadow case. +
