A pursuit of intellectual equity in an uneven world

Abstract

The nations’ boundaries as we know them have never been challenged as they are right now. Along with the increasing flow of migrants from Africa and the Middle East provoking clashes between liberals and conservatives in almost every European country – as well as cultural and religious estrangement between established citizens and newcomers – there is immense pressure from asylum-seekers at the United States’ southern border and even in countries like Brazil, which recently became an important migrant destination after a hiatus of almost 100 years. Conversely, border controls in almost every country have become stricter since last year and international traveling has come to a near halt due to the COVID19 pandemic (or syndemic, as some have come to classify it (Horton, 2020). In this scenario, inequality, violence, political polarization, fake news, and resistance to scientific knowledge are becoming common place. The current state of affairs makes a book like Sociologies in dialogue a necessary and welcome addition to every sociologists’ reading list.