John Christopher Torpey was born on August 22,1959 and is an American academic, sociologist, and historian best known for his scholarship on the state, identity, and contemporary politics.
11 Facts About John Torpey
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From 2016 to 2017, John Torpey served as the president of the Eastern Sociological Society.
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John Torpey received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1981 in political science, before completing his Ph.
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At Berkeley, John Torpey wrote his dissertation under the guidance of Jerome Karabel, Robert Bellah, and Martin Jay, which later became the foundation of his first book Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent: The East German Opposition and its Legacy.
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John Torpey has held permanent teaching positions at the University of California, Irvine, the University of British Columbia, and at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
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In 2010, John Torpey was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria.
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John Torpey has written extensively on the role of the state in shaping modern social life.
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In Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent, John Torpey examined the role of intellectuals within the German Democratic Republic, their role in the Republic's eventual collapse, as well as their aspirations for reform.
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John Torpey has received significant attention for his book The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State, which examines the institution of the modern passport.
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Alongside Christian Joppke, John Torpey has written on the legal and cultural integration of Islam into Western liberal democracies, comparing the United States, Germany, France, and Canada.
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John Torpey has been a contributor to the Axial Age debate.