Social Research: An International Quarterly

Founded in 1934 by immigrant refugees. Carrying the torch of academic freedom and mapping the landscape of intellectual thought @nssrnews

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Fall 2026 issue of Social Research—“Disrupting Death,” guest edited by Joseph E. Davis, William Hasselberger, and Paul Scherz—is here! Check out the abstracts on https://t.co/175YwucqOu and read the complete issue on @ProjectMUSE, https://t.co/d1t9auLCfR.

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In out Winter 1955 issue he published an article on this topic, “Politics and Justice”:

https://t.co/x82yZ7pp78
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German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, studying the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy.
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He was a professor at the New School for Social Research in 1954–1961. During that time, Kirchheimer wrote his book “Political Justice: The Use of Legal Procedure for Political Ends,” exploring the manipulation of the legal system in politics.
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What can Jewish thought—from medieval rabbis like Maimonides to modern philosopher Emmanuel Levinas to (yes!) escapist Harry Houdini—can teach us about ghostbots?

"Love is as strong as death. The faith to believe this should be all the comfort we need."

https://t.co/GV7clHXvh6

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A frequent contributor to “Social Research,” Wunderlich often wrote about social welfare, like in her 1935 article “Insurance or Relief.”

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Frieda Wunderlich, #BOTD in 1884 in Berlin, was a German-Jewish labor economist and the first woman to serve as dean of a US graduate university when she was appointed as dean of the University in Exile (now the New School for Social Research) in 1939.

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Wunderlich had a political career as a member of the Berlin City Council for 8 years and a member of the Prussian state parliament from 1930 to 1932. Like other founders of the University in Exile and our journal, she emigrated to New York after the rise of the Nazi party.

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What is a liberal? Who is a liberal? Why is the liberal political tradition so scorned by both the right and the left today? And why is liberalism worth fighting for? For some answers, read the essay by the esteemed Cass Sunstein (now in open access).

https://t.co/PIeBqvgZRF

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💥 Fabio Parasecoli, “Food, Identity, and Cultural Reproduction in Immigrant Communities” (Summer 2014) https://t.co/wZZrCVrF7P

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Time for us to report what was popular with our readers in September:

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💥 Amy Singer, “Giving Practices in Islamic Societies” (Summer 2013) https://t.co/94hbenSFG2

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The authors of our 2019 “Persons Without Qualities” issue looked at the unforeseen—and often undesirable—consequences these technologies have on our human selves, our judgment, our ethics and morality.

https://t.co/nsBpT0C8wS

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Big data, algorithms, LLMs, and now generative AI—constantly evolving technologies that are dramatically changing our societies and our lives.

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“In mourning, we ... come to accept that the person is truly gone, and in that acceptance we are forced to reconstruct ourselves. We must live in a world where their presence is no longer a given. The deathbot denies this necessity,” writes Carla Ganito.

https://t.co/3u0K3DISU8

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In this global season of elections & street mobilizations, we want to revisit one of our most read and referenced essays. In it philosopher Chantal Mouffe debates what is better for democratic politics—consensus or exclusion, deliberation or contestation.

https://t.co/QtiC0i34ft

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Ghosts, demons, vampires, zombies—but also real-life horrors like Hiroshima or 9/11. How does horror figure in political thought, theology, media culture, economics, art? How have conceptions of horror changed over time? Read our Horrors issue to find out.
https://t.co/R4YTvTKtMN

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AI can now simulate the dead. Are these ghostbots a groundbreaking technology that continues our connection with deceased loved ones, or are they merely for entertainment? Do they aid in our grief or are only a crutch, leaving us lonelier than before?

https://t.co/yz1fm7xauW