John Christopher Torpey (born August 22, 1959) is an American academic, sociologist, and historian best known for his scholarship on the state, identity, and contemporary politics. Torpey is currently a professor of sociology and history at the Graduate Center, CUNY and director of the Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. From 2016 to 2017, Torpey served as the president of the Eastern Sociological Society .
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16-462: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles John Torpey Torpey received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1981 in political science , before completing his Ph.D. in sociology at University of California, Berkeley in 1992. At Berkeley, Torpey wrote his dissertation under the guidance of Jerome Karabel , Robert Bellah , and Martin Jay , which later became
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32-682: The Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State, which examines the institution of the modern passport . In The Invention of the Passport , Torpey borrows from sociologist Max Weber , arguing that states hold a “monopolization of the legitimate means of movement” and that the passport functions as a way of displacing and amplifying their administrative power. Torpey's most recent scholarship focuses on religion in modern society. Alongside Christian Joppke , Torpey has written on
40-612: The editorial boards of the journals Theory and Society and Journal of Human Rights . Torpey has written extensively on the role of the state in shaping modern social life. In Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent , Torpey examined the role of intellectuals within the German Democratic Republic , their role in the Republic's eventual collapse, as well as their aspirations for reform. Torpey has also received significant attention for his book The Invention of
48-856: The foundation of his first book Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent: The East German Opposition and its Legacy . Torpey has held permanent teaching positions at the University of California, Irvine , the University of British Columbia , and at the Graduate Center, CUNY. In 2010, Torpey was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria . In addition to teaching, Torpey also sits on
56-572: The legal and cultural integration of Islam into Western liberal democracies, comparing the United States, Germany, France, and Canada. He has also been a contributor to the Axial Age debate. Christian Joppke Christian Joppke is a German political sociologist, professor and chair in general sociology at the University of Bern , Switzerland. He is the author of more than one hundred publications, monographs and manuscripts and among
64-536: The most widely cited authors in the field of citizenship and immigration . Essentially a critic of multiculturalism , Joppke is self-defined "a reactionary liberal." Joppke holds a PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley , United States. Previous appointments include the University of Southern California , the European University Institute , the University of British Columbia , and International University Bremen . He
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