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When the Center Is on Fire: Passionate Social Theory for Our Times (1st Edition) by Diane Sue Harriford, Professor Becky Thompson, Becky W. Thompson Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-292-71776-8 / 0292717768 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71776-3 / 9780292717763 In this lively and provocative book, two feminist public sociologists turn to classical social thinkers-W. E. B. Du Bois, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and Emile Durkheim-to understand a series of twenty-first century social traumas, including the massacre at Columbine High School, the 9/11 attacks, the tor |