Mark Granovetter - Weak ties, living questions, and the history and future of social science

Mark Granovetter - Weak ties, living questions, and the history and future of social science

Published on Oct 31
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Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
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<p>Mark Granovetter has made and remade our understanding of social networks, social theory, collective action, and economic sociology, making and remaking our world in the process. It would not be hyperbole to say that few living scholars have had the influence of Mark Granovetter.  <br/><br/><a href='https://www.originspodcast.co/'>Origins Podcast Website</a></p><p><a href='https://tinyurl.com/FlourishingCommons'>Flourishing Commons Newsletter</a></p><p><b>Show Notes</b>:</p><ul><li><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/9807889'><em>Attorney for the Damned</em></a><em> </em>by John A. Farrell (9:00)</li><li>Interest in world history (10:00)</li><li><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/914055'><em>A History of the Modern World</em> </a>(11:00)</li><li>Why are there revolutions? (12:00)</li><li>Philosophy of science (13:00)</li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_Hempel'>Carl Hempel</a> (13:00)<ul><li>What does it mean to explain in science? </li...