American University of Beirut
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies
Cordially invites you to a book presentation
“Global Modernity and Social Contestation”
By
Breno Bringel
Professor, Institute of Social and Political Studies, of
the State University of Rio de Janeiro
Tuesday, Feb. 10. 12:00–1:30 pm
West Hall, Auditorium A
Abstract: How can we link contemporary social processes – which have typically been theorized in terms
of the concept of modernity – with contemporary social movements, conflicts, and mobilizations which
aim at social change? This book:
•links the social theory of modernity to critical theory and to recent class and citizenship politics as well
as to identity politics
• uses concrete social processes to illustrate theoretical discussion with relevant empirical studies and
applies theoretical analysis to different interactions, tensions and possibilities to provide an integrated
understanding of global modernity and social contestation
• includes contributions from distinguished international scholars working in sociological theory and
modernity, as well as social movement studies and political contestation, with a strong emphasis on
global issues.
This is a key resource for research in both social theory and the sociology of modernity, as well as social
movements and social contestation, and readers interested in globalization and global studies.
Breno Bringel holds a PhD at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the University
Complutense of Madrid, where he has also taught. He was a visiting scholar in several universities in
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France and the UK. He is Professor of
Sociology at the State University the Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ) and is co-chair of the Center for
Studies of Social Theory and Latin America. He is also member of the Board of the International
Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements (RC-47) and
editor in chief of Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais, the main and oldest journal of social sciences in
Brazil. Bringel is author of several books and articles in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English on
social movements; sociology of conflict; contemporary internationalism; transnationalism; Latin
American politics and society. His latest book Global Modernity and Social Contestation, edited with
José Maurício Domingues, was published in January 2015 by Sage (SSIS Series - Sage Studies in
International Sociology).