Writings

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“The Weberian Presuppositional Analytic.”
2019. Sociological Theory Vol. 37(4): 363-380.
DOI: 10.1177/07352751198882

“Durkheim and the Nation.”
2019. The Turkish Journal of Sociology (İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi) Vol. 39: 41-64. DOI: 10.26650/SJ.2019.39.1.0013

“Materiality, Iconic Nature, and Albert Bierstadt’s ‘Great Pictures’.”
2016. American Journal of Cultural Sociology Vol. 4(3): 359-384. DOI:10.1057/s41290-016-0011-9

“On the Centrality of Action: Social Science, Historical Logics, and Max Weber’s Legacy.”
2015. Sociology Lens/The Journal of Historical Sociology Vol. 28(4): 523-547. DOI:10.1111/johs.12081 

“This is Social Science: A ‘Patterned Activity’ Oriented to Attaining Objective Knowledge of Human Society.”
2014. The Journal of Classical Sociology Vol. 14(4): 341-362. DOI:10.1177/1468795X13495124

“Durkheim’s Sui Generis Reality and the Central Subject Matter of Social Science.”
2013. Current Perspectives in Social Theory Vol. 31: 161-175. DOI:10.1108/S0278-1204(2013)0000031012

Book Chapters, Popular Writings, Reviews, etc.

“Schoolyard Lessons and Friendship: What a Victorian Novel Can Teach Us about Civil Order.”
Front Porch Republic. March 24, 2025. https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/03/what-a-victorian-novel-teaches-us-about-friendship-and-civil-order/

“Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies.”
2024. Pp. 130-132 in Cosmos + Taxis Vol. 12(7-8). 
https://cosmosandtaxis.org/ct-1278/

“Science as a Culture.”
2022. Pp. 151-164 in The Anthem Companion to Robert K. Merton. Charles Crothers and Lorenzo Sabetta (Eds.). Anthem: London. ISBN: 978-1-83998-116-6.

“Values in Science.”
2022. Pp. 935-940 in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. James Mattingly (Ed.) Sage: London. ISBN: 978-1483347721.

“Oliver Benoit on Grenadian ‘Reasons of State.’”
Now Grenada, 28 January, 2021.
Opinion / Commentary – Politics. https://nowgrenada.com/2021/01/oliver-benoit-on-grenadian-reasons-of-state/

“Iconic Nature, Material Symbolism, and American Nationalism: Thomas Moran and a Vista on Yellowstone.”
2020. Pp. 137-147 in Research Handbook on Nationalism. Liah Greenfeld and Zeying Wu (Eds.) Oxford: Edward Elgar.
DOI: 10.4337/9781789903447.00020
ISBN: 9781789903430

“Constants in History and Sociology.”
2019. Sociology Lens/The Journal of Historical Sociology Vol. 32(1): e11-e14. DOI: 10.1111/johs.12231

“The Value(s) of Nature.”
2016. American Journal of Cultural Sociology Vol. 4(2): 228-239. DOI: 10.1057/ajcs.2016.3

“Émile Durkheim.”
2015. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism. Anthony Smith, John Stone, Rutledge Dennis, et al. (Eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. DOI:10.1002/9781118663202.wberen023

“Nationalism as the Cultural Foundation of Modern Experience.”
2010. Liah Greenfeld, co-author. Handbook of Cultural Sociology. John Hall, Laura Grindstaff, and Ming-Cheng Lo (Eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 526-534.

“Politics as a Cultural Phenomenon.”
2010. Liah Greenfeld, co-author. Handbook of Politics: State and Society in Global Perspective. Craig Jenkins and Kevin Leicht (Eds.) New York: Springer, p. 407-422.