Kang, Sootaek
*Emeritus Professor of Sociology
*Address : Department of Sociology, Gyeongsang National University, 52828 Jinju, S-Korea.
*Telephone : 82-55-772-1250 (Fax : 82-55-772-1259).
*E-mail : stkang@gnu.ac.kr.
*Web : http://stkang.gnu.ac.kr.
*Blog : https://blog.naver.com/sootaek21c
*Research Field : Social Theory and Thought, Sociology of Knowledge, Cultural Sociology.
[Education]
M.A., Sociology, Seoul National University, S-Korea, 1981.
Dr. rer. soc., Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany, 1991.
[Academic Career]
Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Lecturer in Department of Sociology, Gyeongsang National University (1981~2022).
Dean, College of Social Sciences, Gyeongsang National University (2012~2013).
Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, Gyeongsang National University (2012~2013).
Director of Institute for Human Rights & Social Development, Gyeongsang National University (2010~2011).
Director of Center for Unification-Peace-Human Rights, Gyeongsang National University (2009).
Visiting Scholar in Department of Sociology (Social Theory Centre), University of Warwick, UK (1998~1999).
Visiting Scholar in Department of Sociology (Center for Cultural Sociology), Yale University, USA (2005~2006).
Vice-President of Korean Sociological Association (2015).
Vice-President of Korean Society for Social Theory (2011~2012).
Chief Editor of Society and Theory, Journal of Korean Society for Social Theory (2003~2004).
[Publications (Book)]
Pandemic, Social Division, and Solidarity. 2022. Jinju: GNU Press (in Korean).
Alfred Schutz. 2020. Seoul: Communication Books (in Korean).
Homo Solidarius. 2019. Seoul: KNOU Press (in Korean).
Ssial People and Solidarity - Seok-Heon Ham's Ideas of Solidarity. 2019. Seoul: Saemulgyul (in Korean).
Beyond Oppression and Marketization of the Solidarity - The Structural Change of Solidary Sphere in Korean Society. 2016. Jinju: GNU Press (in Korean).
Solidarism - Beyond Monadism. 2012. Seoul: Hangilsa (in Korean).
Civil Solidary Society. 2007. Seoul: Arche (in Korean).
Asking Again about the Intellectuals. 2001. Seoul: Samin (in Korean).
The Paradigm of Everyday Life. 1998. Seoul: Minumsa (in Korean).
[Academic Articles (English)]
"Monadism as Anti-Solidarism" (Researchgate.net) (original Korean article was published in Society and Theory. vol. 17. 2010)