David Robert Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.
Education and career
editInglis earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the University of York.[1][2]
He has been a sociology professor at the University of Helsinki since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the University of Exeter and the University of Aberdeen.[2]
He was a founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology, and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.[1][3]
Books
editInglis is the author or coauthor of books including:
- A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
- Culture and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2005)[4]
- The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study (with John Hughson and Marcus Free, Routledge, 2005)[5]
- An Invitation to Social Theory (with Christopher Thorpe, Polity Press, 2012)[6]
His edited volumes include:
- The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)[7]
- The Globalization of Food (Berg, 2009),[8]
- The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology (SAGE, 2016)
- The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices (Routledge, 2018).[9]
- Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (Routledge, 2023)
References
edit- ^ a b Inglis, David (September 15, 2022). "What's Up with Cultural Sociology? From Bourdieu and the Mainstream to 'Productive Weirdness'". British Sociological Association (Interview). Interviewed by Christopher Thorpe. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ a b "David Inglis". University of Helsinki. Retrieved Aug 7, 2023.
- ^ "Historia". Westermarck Society. July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Reviews of Culture and Everyday Life:
- Neil O'Boyle, Irish Journal of Sociology, doi:10.1177/079160350601500211
- "Book notes", European Journal of Communication, doi:10.1177/0267323106021001
- ^ Review of The Uses of Sport: John Matthew Barlow, Sport History Review, doi:10.1123/shr.38.1.73
- ^ Review of An Invitation to Social Theory: Vedad Muharemović, Sophos, EBSCOhost 95277024 (in Croatian)
- ^ Review of The Sociology of Art: Bogusław Sułkowski, Przeglad Socjologiczny, [1] (in Polish)
- ^ Reviews of The Globalization of Food:
- Trina Filan, Food & Foodways, doi:10.1080/07409710.2013.821304
- Mustafa Koc, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, JSTOR canajsocicahican.37.2.213
- Lynne Phillips, Annual Review of Anthropology, JSTOR 25762949
- ^ Review of The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices: Mari Toivanen, Youth and Globalization, doi:10.1163/25895745-00201004