Please join us as we host Dr. Michèle Lamont Professor of Sociology, African and African American Studies, and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University for the first virtual Form Huber Colloquium Spring 2021. This event is scheduled Friday February 5th, 2021 from 12:30p-1:45pm and is open to the public. Dr. Lamont's title and abstract are below.
Title: Inclusion and Narratives of Hope after the American Dream
Abstract: I am writing a book that diagnoses some of the current challenges facing Americans and offers a way forward. This is achieved by drawing on survey data and interviews with boomers, Gen Zs, and leading “agents of change,” who are producing new narratives in entertainment, comedy, advocacy, religion, art, impact investing, and other fields of activity. Neoliberal scripts of self, based on criteria emphatically centered on material success, competitiveness, individualism, and self-reliance, are increasingly associated with poor mental health across classes. Agents of change offer alternatives: they are producing narratives of hope that emphasize inclusion, diversity, sustainability and authenticity – as part of an increasingly salient “politics of recognition” that promotes greater social cohesion. I aim to understand how their influence takes shape in a new cultural landscape defined by new social movements and social media. I also analyze how Gen Zs engage in social change at the current juncture.
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