Cultural and Contemplative Sociology

How do social forces shape contemplative practices? How might contemplative questions - e.g. how to access realities beyond the conventionally observable - enter sociology? Can spiritual technologies like prayer, meditation, yoga and qigong inform sociological methods? Might transformations of consciousness through arts and exercise inspire analogous changes in sociology’s imagination? Can that help us refigure critical issues — praxis in social movements, policy around artificial intelligence? We use cultural sociology to address (your) questions like these in order to move sociology beyond its modern and secular knowledge culture to address epoch end. Students contribute through discussion, briefs and a paper.