Fields of Study
- Sociology of Culture
- Political Sociology
- Theory
Areas of Interest
Research and Teaching Areas: political sociology, culture, sociological theory
Milos Brocic is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto. His research interests are in the fields of political sociology, moral culture, and sociological theory. His dissertation project, “The Social Bases of Moralized Politics”, examines socializing processes that draw individuals towards moralized politics, focusing on the transition from adolescence into young adulthood. This includes 1) assessing alienation’s role in shaping motivations for radical movements, and 2) higher education’s role in shaping moral divisions behind the ‘culture wars.’ In this work and others, Milos reevaluates classic sociological insights with modern techniques of data analysis, engaging timely issues with a perspective both old and new. This builds on a general interest in charting sociology’s intellectual movements, which comes to a head in work documenting the legacy of Georg Simmel.
Dissertation Title: The Social Bases of Moralized Politics (expected spring 2022)
Committee: Daniel Silver (chair), Jack Veugelers, Andrew Miles
Publications:
- 2021. The Influence of Simmel on American Sociology Since 1975. Annual Review of Sociology 47: 87-108.
- 2021. College and the “Culture War”: Assessing Higher Education’s Influence on Moral Attitudes. American Sociological Review 86.5.