Ali Meghji

Title

Ali Meghji

Birthplace

England

Primary Sources

Meghji, A., Burawoy, M., Göçek, F. M., Itzigsohn, J., & Morris, A. (2024). Why Now? Thoughts on the Du Boisian Revolution. Sociology Compass, 18(8), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13264

Meghji, A. (2024). Who’s Afraid of Sociology? American Journal of Sociology, 130(3), 764–772. https://doi.org/10.1086/731669

Meghji, A. (2024). Theoretical synergy, global social theory, and the global colourline. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 47(13), 2844–2853. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2370029

Meghji, A. (2024). Sociologists as change agents? Thoughts on Lamont’s Seeing Others. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 47(13), 2792–2800. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2335334

Meghji, A. (2024). “Peace Is Dangerous”: Toward a Du Boisian Theory of Colonial Post-fascism. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241288496

Medina, C. (2024). Decolonizing Immigration with Critical Race Theory. In Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence, and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay (pp. 41–61). Ohio State University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.19985103.7

Meghji, A. (2024). Disciplinary Futures: Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies. The American Journal of Sociology, 130(3), 764–772. https://doi.org/10.1086/731669

Meghji, A. (2024). Du Boisian sociology after Du Bois: Frazier, St Clair Drake, and the global and comparative study of race and empire. Sociological Forum, 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.13012

Meghji, A., & George, S. (2024). The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire. European Journal Of Social Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684310231225104

Boatcă, M., & Meghji, A. (2024). A discussion on coloniality and global social theory. Sociology Compass, 18(7), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13250 

Meghji, A. (2023). Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope. Contemporary Sociology-A Journal Of Reviews, 52(5), 395–397. https://doi.org/10.1177/00943061231191420

Meghji, A. (2023). Dwelling in epistemic disobedience: A reply to Go. British Journal of Sociology, 74(3), 294–301. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12987

Meghji, A. (2023). How Outsiders Within Are Made: Structural Inequalities and the Making of Academic Outsiders. Contemporary Sociology, 52(5), 395–397. https://doi.org/10.1177/00943061231191420

Dale, J. G., & Kislenko, I. (2022). Invitation to transnational sociology. In G. W. Muschert, K. M. Budd, H. Dillaway, D. C. Lane, M. Nair, & J. A. Smith (Eds.), Global Agenda for Social Justice 2 (1st ed., pp. 109–119). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2vzdgnz.20

Meghji, A. (2022). Towards a theoretical synergy: Critical race theory and decolonial thought in Trumpamerica and Brexit Britain. Current Sociology, 70(5), 647–664. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392120969764

Meghji, A., & Niang, S. M. (2022). Between Post-Racial Ideology and Provincial Universalisms: Critical Race Theory, Decolonial Thought and COVID-19 in Britain. Sociology, 56(1), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211011575

Meghji, A. (2021). Just what is critical race theory, and what is it doing in British sociology? From “BritCrit” to the racialized social system approach. British Journal of Sociology, 72(2), 347–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12801

Meghji, A. (2021). Decolonizing sociology : an introduction. Polity Press. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=decolonizing-sociology-an-introduction--9781509541942

Meghji, A. (2021). What can the sociology of race learn from the histories of anti-colonialism? Ethnicities, 21(4), 769–782. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796820963968

Meghji, A. (2019). Black middle-class Britannia: Identities, repertoires, cultural consumption (1st ed.). Manchester University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvr0qssx

Meghji, A. (2019). Revisiting race and nation: double consciousness, Black Britishness, and cultural consumption. In Black middle-class Britannia: Identities, repertoires, cultural consumption (1st ed., pp. 99–119). Manchester University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvr0qssx.10

Meghji, A. (2019). Activating Controlling Images in the Racialized Interaction Order: Black Middle‐Class Interactions and the Creativity of Racist Action. Symbolic Interaction, 42(2), 229–249. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.398

Meghji, A. (2019). Encoding and Decoding Black and White Cultural Capitals: Black Middle-Class Experiences. Cultural Sociology, 13(1), 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975517741999

Meghji, A. (2019). Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life. Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, 5(2), 305–306. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649219827829

Meghji, A., & Saini, R. (2018). Rationalising Racial Inequality: Ideology, Hegemony and Post-Racialism among the Black and South Asian Middle-Classes. Sociology, 52(4), 671–687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517726645

Meghji, A., & Saini, R. (2018). Rationalising Racial Inequality: Ideology, Hegemony and Post-Racialism among the Black and South Asian Middle-Classes. Sociology, 52(4), 671–687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517726645

Meghji, A. (2017). Positionings of the black middle-classes: understanding identity construction beyond strategic assimilation. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 40(6), 1007–1025. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1201585

Meghji, A. (2017). A relational study of the Black middle classes and globalised White hegemony: Identities, interactions, and ideologies in the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa. Sociology Compass, 11(9), n/a-N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12504

Meghji, A. (2017). Selected political writings: the great moving right show and other essays. Cultural Studies, 31(6), 970–973. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2017.1388417

Meghji, A. (2016). The colour of class: the educational strategies of the Black middle classes. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 39(3), 526–528. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2015.1095327

Secondary Sources

Solomos, J. (2024). Symposium on Ali Meghji’s A Critical Synergy: Race, Decoloniality, and World Crises. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2375411

Carlin, N., & Singh, P. (2024). Let’s Get Critical: Thinking with and beyond the ‘Dead White Men’ of Social Theory. In D. Bargallie & N. Fernando (Eds.), Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies: Breaking the Silence (1st ed., pp. 49–61). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.12348214.11

Extra Resources

Ali Meghi on DuBoisian Sociology DuBois (September 9, 2024). The Annex Sociology Podcast. YouTube. Accessed November 8, 2024. https://youtu.be/7HBvinMAH7w

Interview with Dr. Ali Meghji (May 31, 2024). The Sociology Show Podcast. YouTube. Accessed November 8, 2024. https://youtu.be/P1mmxiepP5A

Dr Ali Meghji. Decolonise Sociology, Blog. Accessed November 1, 2022.  https://decolonisesociology.com/.

Geoscience in Context #4: Dr Ali Meghji - Decolonising the curriculum: lessons from sociology (October 2, 2020). Cambridge Earth Sciences Library. YouTube. Accessed November 8, 2024. https://youtu.be/mPpPnTwawdw

Oteju, Mary-Hannah (June 28, 2021). Dr Ali Meghji: Critical race theory is essentially about structural racism. Cambridge Journal of Political Affairs. Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.cambridgepoliticalaffairs.co.uk/interviews/dr-ali-meghji

Reflections on the History of Sociology - Dr Ali Meghji (January 19, 2019). Cambridge Sociology. YouTube. Accessed November 8, 2024. https://youtu.be/QWS5Ms-NX7E

Citation

“Ali Meghji,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed November 24, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/503.

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