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Donald Levine Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus in Sociology and the College Areas of Expertise:
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Background:
Donald Levine's research and teaching interests focus on classical social theory, modernization theory, Ethiopian studies, conflict theory and aikido, and philosophies of liberal education. His current research projects include an examination of the positive and negative effects of modernization, body and society, a cross-cultural study of masculinity and warriorhood, translating and editing texts of Georg Simmel, and the study of the history and future of liberal learning. Levine serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Classical Sociology, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Theory, Culture and Society, and the Aiki Thought papers. He is the author of Greater Ethiopia: Visions of a Multiethnic Society, Visions of the Sociological Tradition, and The Flight from Ambiguity: Essays in Social and Cultural Theory.
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News clippings:
Scandals of Higher Education NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS March 9, 2007 Ethiopia-Turmoil and Killings over Elections Ethiopia-Turmoil and Killings over Elections |
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Chronicle articles:
Levine calls for reinvention of liberal learning in ‘Powers of the Mind’ January 18, 2007 Amoco Award: Donald Levine |
Additional materials:
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