Labrosse-Levinson Professor of Religion, Culture, & Social Theory
at the University of Virginia
James Davison Hunter is a historical and cultural sociologist concerned with the problem of meaning and moral order in a time of political and cultural change in American life. Hunter is also the founder and executive director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, a research institute centrally concerned with understanding the complex puzzles of the late modern world. His latest book is Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis (Yale, 2024).
Read more about Hunter’s latest book, Democracy and Solidarity, here.