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On Parachutes and Lion-Taming

from II - Early Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Ann Mische
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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In 1993, as a third-year grad student at the New School, I resolved to take advantage of the New York area inter-university consortium and take a class on Contemporary Theory with Harrison White. As we leaped through Garfinkel, Bourdieu, and Luhmann (with a bit of Elias, Giddens, Coleman, Tilly and Sennet thrown in), White – though we always called him Harrison – gave us two bits of memorable advice.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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