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 James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, and author of The Hinge: Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Commitment (University of Chicago Press, 2021).

 

 James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, and author of The Hinge: Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Commitment (University of Chicago Press, 2021).

 

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