Talk description forthcoming. Claudio E. Benzecry is Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology at Northwestern University. His book The Opera Fanatic: Ethnography of an Obsession (University of Chicago Press, 2011) received the Mary Douglas Award for best book in the Sociology of Culture (2012) and Honorable mention for the ASA Distinguished Book award (2014). He is the editor of four volumes on theory, culture, and knowledge, including Social Theory Now (with Monika Krause and Isaac ...