Jean-Sébastien Guy
BA Hons., MA (Laval), PhD (UQÀM)
Email Phone
jsguy@dal.ca 494-6759
Location
FASS Building, Room 3127
Profile
Before coming to Dalhousie, Dr. Guy taught various courses in Concordia University, University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Dr. Guy published a book in which he used Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory to promote a new understanding of globalization (globalization as society’s self-description) challenging the way we’ve been thinking about the global-local interface, the origins of globalization, the relation between globalization and national territories, and the relation between globalization and the welfare state. His current interests include classical and contemporary sociology theory, history of sociology, philosophy of social sciences, theories of modernity, global history, and social cognition.
Publications(In press) “Société, mondialisation et système X” in Stéphane Vibert, Yan Sénéchal, Jonathan Roberge (eds.), La fin de la société?, Montréal, Athéna, 18 pages.
(2011) “The Name ‘Globalization’: Observing Society Observing Itself” in Ignacio Farrias, Jose Ossandon (eds.), Comunicaciones, Semánticas y Redes. Usos y Desviaciones de la Sociología de Niklas Luhmann, Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana, pp. 163-187.
(2011) “Luc Boltanski, On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation” (book review) in Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 398-400.
(2010) “Globalization in and out, or ‘How can there be a constructivist theory of globalization?’” in Harry F. Dahms, Lawrence Hazelrigg (eds.), Current Perspectives in Social Theory, vol. 27, Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 215-246.
(2010) Toward a Second-Order Theory of Globalization, UKM Ethnic Studies Paper Series no. 10, Bangi, Institute of Ethnic Studies, 51 pages.
(2009) “What is Global and What is Local? A Theoretical Discussion around Globalization” in Parsons Journal of Information Mapping, vol. 1. no. 2, pp. 1-16; reprinted in Barbara Bentagni, Michele La Rosa, Fernando Salvetti (eds.) (2010), Glocal working: Living and working across the world with cultural intelligence, Milano, Franco Angeli, pp. 322-353.
(2007) L’idée de mondialisation. Un portrait de la société par elle-même, Montréal, Liber (150 pages).