From presidential heroes to Citizen Jane Addams, this issue examines human agency and morality, religion, and genetics. Also: geocaching, gay enclaves, and a closer look at Gladwell’s “Iron Law of Canadian Hockey”
Political candidates actively create heroic narratives to win elections. Jeffrey Alexander recounts the 2008 presidential election, and how the past two years have demonstrated that political narratives are constantly in flux. Read More
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.
It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.