Andrew Abbott

Books

I have been translating AA’s works in since 2018. As of 2022, I have finished these three books:

• Processual Sociology is released as 《过程社会学》 from Beijing Normal University Press (北京师范大学出版社), June 2022.
  • Extra content: The section on Pierre Bourdieu (Originally the last section of Linked Ecologies. Not included in the book but as a supplement online.)
• Chaos of Disciplines is done (2020.11.27) and currently under review. Tentatively titled 《学科的混沌》
  • Extra content: R code to reproduce Table A6.1
• Time Matters is done (2022.3.3) and currently under review. Tentatively titled 《攸关时间》

Standalone pieces

• The Future of Expert Knowledge (2017) as 《专业知识的未来》 with LIU Wennan
• Structure as Cited, Structure as Read (2016) as 《引〈结构〉，读〈结构〉》
• To the Reader from Digital Paper (2014)¹ as 《致读者》
• The Traditional Future: A Computational Theory of Library Research (2008) as 《传统的未来：图书馆研究的一项计算理论》
• Reconceptualizing Knowledge Accumulation in Sociology (2006) as 《重新认识社会学知识积累的概念》
• Mobility: What? When? How? (2006) as 《社会流动：是什么？在何时？怎样发生？》
• The Continuing Relevance of the Chicago School (1992 ASA Sorokin Lecture, from Department and Discipline) as 《芝加哥学派的持续意义》

Other Unpublished Works

For classroom use, I also have translated the following pieces for my students. They are not published, so the Chinese versions are not posted here. If you are interested to use them in teaching or to publish them in Chinese, send me an email.

John Levi Matin’s work²:

• Thinking Through Theory, Chapter 2
• Thinking Through Statistics, Chapter 1

Teaching Embodied by Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin (2015), Chapter 1 with TONG Liqin as 《身教》

The American Precariat: U.S. Capitalism in Comparative Perspective by Kathleen Thelen (2019) with MO Kun as 《美国的不稳定无产者：比较视野下的美式资本主义》

Problems in Physics With Many Scales of Length by Kenneth Wilson (1979) as 《物理学中的多尺度问题》

Teaching Practice: Plus Que Ça Change … by David K. Cohen (1988) with TONG Liqin as 《教学实践：改变越多……》