Bird, Greg
LecturerSociology
Contact Information
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905-569-4593
Rm. DV 3223
3359 Mississauga Road N.
Mississauga, ON
L5L 1C6
3359 Mississauga Road N.
Mississauga, ON
L5L 1C6
Greg received his B.A. in sociology and employment relations from the University of Toronto in 2001, his M.A. in work and society from McMaster University in 2002, and his Ph.D. in sociology from York University in 2011.
Publications
Bird, Greg. 2013. “Esposito’s Deontological Communal Contract”, Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities (forthcoming, Fall 2013).
Bird, Greg. 2009. “What is phenomenological sociology again?”, Human Studies: A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences, 32:4, pp. 419-439.
Bird, Greg. 2008. “Community beyond hypostasis: Nancy responds to Blanchot”, Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 13:1, pp. 3-26.
Research
My research examines critical iterations of community in classical and contemporary social theory.
Social Theory (Classical & Contemporary), Political Sociology, Phenomenological Sociology, Social Inequalities
Other
Current Courses:
Sociology of Community (UTM), Social Inequality (UTM), Fundamentals of Political Sociology (UTSG), Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Work: Globalization & Migrant Labour (UTM), Introduction to Sociology (UTM)
Education:
Ph.D. York University – 2011