Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane: How We Can't Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture in How We Dream

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Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane: How We Can't Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture in How We Dream

Andrew Keen

Jul 13, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane, authors of of Dreams of a Lifetime: How Who We Are Shapes How We Imagine Our Future.

Karen A. Cerulo is professor of sociology at Rutgers University and editor of Sociological Forum. Her books include Never Saw It Coming: Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst.

Janet M. Ruane is professor emerita of sociology at Montclair State University. Her books include Introducing Social Research Methods and (with Karen A. Cerulo) Second Thoughts: Sociology Challenges Conventional Wisdom.

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