Introduction Craig Calhoun and Richard Sennett 1. 'We Have Never Been German': The Economy of Digging in Russian Kaliningrad Olga Sezneva 2. Practicing Poetry: A Career Without a Job Ailsa Craig 3. Hot Glass: The Calorific Imagination of Practice in Glassblowing Erin O’Connor 4. State Power as Field Work: Culture and Practice in the French Survey of Historic Landmarks Alexandra Kowalski 5. New and Improved Nations: Branding National Identity Melissa Aronczyk 6. Facts in the City: How London Accountants Simplify Decisions Matthew Gill 7. Managing Doubt: Professional Wrestling Jargon and the Making of 'Smart Fans' Marion Wrenn 8. Beauty at the Gallery: Sentimental Education and Operatic Community in Contemporary Buenos Aires Claudio Benzecry 9. The Erotic Life of Electric Hair Clippers: A Social History Alton Phillips 10. Practicing Authorship: The Case of Brecht’s Plays Monika Krause
Biography
Craig Calhoun is University Professor of Social Science at New York University and President of the Social Science Research Council.
Richard Sennett is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics and is University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.
