David R. Inglis Explained

David Robert Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.

Education and career

Inglis earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the University of York.^[1]

He has been a sociology professor at the University of Helsinki since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the University of Exeter and the University of Aberdeen.^[2]

He was a founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology, and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.^{[1] [3]}

Books

Inglis is the author or coauthor of books including:

• A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
• Culture and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2005)^[4]
• The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study (with John Hughson and Marcus Free, Routledge, 2005)^[5]
• An Invitation to Social Theory (with Christopher Thorpe, Polity Press, 2012)^[6]

His edited volumes include:

• The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)^[7]
• The Globalization of Food (Berg, 2009),^[8]
• The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology (SAGE, 2016)
• The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices (Routledge, 2018).^[9]
• Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (Routledge, 2023)

Notes and References

1. Inglis . David . Christopher Thorpe . What's Up with Cultural Sociology? From Bourdieu and the Mainstream to 'Productive Weirdness' . British Sociological Association . September 15, 2022 . August 7, 2023.
2. Web site: David Inglis. University of Helsinki. Aug 7, 2023.
3. Web site: Historia. July 2017 . Westermarck Society. 6 January 2024.
4. Reviews of Culture and Everyday Life:
   • Neil O'Boyle, Irish Journal of Sociology,
   • "Book notes", European Journal of Communication,
5. Review of The Uses of Sport:John Matthew Barlow, Sport History Review,
6. Review of An Invitation to Social Theory:Vedad Muharemović, Sophos, (in Croatian)
7. Review of The Sociology of Art:Bogusław Sułkowski, Przeglad Socjologiczny, https://czasopisma.ltn.lodz.pl/Przeglad-Socjologiczny/article/view/879 (in Polish)
8. Reviews of The Globalization of Food:
   • Trina Filan, Food & Foodways,
   • Mustafa Koc, The Canadian Journal of Sociology,
   • Lynne Phillips, Annual Review of Anthropology,
9. Review of The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices:Mari Toivanen, Youth and Globalization,