Eviatar Zerubavel

Eviatar Zerubavel ( born 1948 in Israel) is an Israeli sociologist and author in the field of " standardization of time " and the " sociology of knowledge ". He is Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University ( The State University of New Jersey) where he currently holds advanced courses in cognitive sociology, time and memory, as well as sociological theory. He also is currently writing a book on the social organization of ancestors and descendants.

Life

Since Zerubavels parents worked in the field of international development, he spent most of his childhood abroad.

Zerubavel studied at the Tel Aviv University and received his academic degree (Ph.D. ) in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1976, where he met, among others, in Erving Goffman.

After teaching at Columbia University and Stony Brook University in New York he moved to Rutgers University last.

Zerubavels first notable contribution to a scientific topic was in the area of ​​" Science of Time ", in particular in sociology and standardization of time.

His main area today lies in the cognitive sociology and the sociology of time. He pointed out, among others, on how the society and not human nature shapes the spiritual life of a person. He especially emphasized the similarities between members of a social group in terms of their spiritual life and their mental development.

Zerubavel also works from 1992 to 2001 and again since 2006 as director of the program for graduate students of sociology at Rutgers University where he is also a mentor for students. He dealt with " habits of academic work " and " time management when writing ". In his book " The Clockwork Muse ( 1999) " it is, among other advice for authors, especially on the subject of time management at the end of a written work.

From 2000 to 2001 he served as chairman of the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association

In 2003 he was a Guggenheim fellow.

He is married.

Publications

  • Patterns of Time in Hospital Life: A Sociological Perspective. University of Chicago Press, 1979 ( ISBN 0-226-98160-6 )
  • Hidden Rhythms: Schedules and Calendars in Social Life. University of California Press, 1985 ( ISBN 0-520-05609-4 )
  • The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week. University Of Chicago Press, 1985 ( ISBN 0-226-98165-7 )
  • The Fine Line. University Of Chicago Press, 1991 ( ISBN 0-226-98159-2 )
  • Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America Transaction Publishers, 1992 ( ISBN 0-765-80987-7 )
  • Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology. Harvard University Press, 1997 ( ISBN 0-674-81390-1 ).
  • Time Maps: Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past. University of California Press 2003 (ISBN 0-226-98153-3 )
  • The Elephant in the Room: Silence and Denial in Everyday Life. Oxford University Press, 2006 ( ISBN 0-195-33260-1 )
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