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Marco Santoro

Full Professor

Department of the Arts

Academic discipline: SPS/07 General Sociology

Research

Keywords: Sociology of art Mafia Politics Pierre Bourdieu Concepts of culture History and methods of Cultural studies cultural production Journalism cultural inequalities Circulation of ideas Concept of profession

 

Sociological theory and history of sociology

The international circulation of social knowlegde and the global reception of key thinkers (especially Gramsci)

The social theory of Pierre Bourdieu

The sociology of the Chicago School, especially EC Hughes

The concept of culture and its application in social research

Mafia's circulation in Northern Italy: the case of Emilia-Romagna 

Mafia and culture: the political vision of Cosa Nostra and ndrangheta

The social organization of musical life and its links with public culture

Sociology of cinema in Italy (especially Western)

Theory and history of intellectual professions