David R. Inglis

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David Robert Inglis is a contemporary

sociologist
and academic.

Education and career

Inglis 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

Inglis 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "David Inglis". University of Helsinki. Retrieved Aug 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Historia". Westermarck Society. July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ Reviews of Culture and Everyday Life:
  5. ^ Review of The Uses of Sport: John Matthew Barlow, Sport History Review,
  6. ^ Review of An Invitation to Social Theory: Vedad Muharemović, Sophos,
    EBSCOhost 95277024
    (in Croatian)
  7. ^ Review of The Sociology of Art: Bogusław Sułkowski, Przeglad Socjologiczny, [1] (in Polish)
  8. ^ Reviews of The Globalization of Food:
  9. ^ Review of The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices: Mari Toivanen, Youth and Globalization,