Melvyn L. Fein, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at Kennesaw State University. He is
a certified clinical sociologist who holds his doctorate in sociology from the City
University of New York. After over twenty years of clinical practice specializing in
helping individuals overcome their personal problems, he is now concentrating on the
study of sociological theory and the sociology of morality. Among his recent books are
The Great Middle Class Revolution and Peoplization: An Introduction to Social Life. Dr.
Fein is also editor of The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology.

Articles

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Historical Amnesia, The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology (2012)
 

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Letter from the Editors (with Linda A. Treiber), The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology (2012)
 

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Review: Coming Apart, The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology (2012)
 

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Book Review: Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life., The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology (2010)
 
Book Review: Cultural Pluralism and Dilemmas of Justice. By Monique Deveaux. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2000, Sociological Practice (2001)
 

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Books

Post Liberalism: The Death of a Dream, Faculty Publications (2012)
 
Human Hierarchies: A General Theory, Faculty Publications (2012)
 
On Loss and Losing: Beyond the Medical Model of Personal Distress, Faculty Publications (2011)
 

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A Professionalized Society: Our Real Future (2010)
 

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The Professionalized Self: Learning to Succeed in a Middle-Class World (2010)
 

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Contributions to Books

Course Syllabi, Clinical Sociology Resource Book (1996)
 

Academic Papers

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Moral Nihilism: The Good, the Bad, and the Skeptical (2011)
 

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On Loss and Losing: A Crucial Nexus (2011)
 

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Social Stupidity: The Social Sources of Irrationality (2011)
 

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Socially Adjustable Morality: A Neo-Functional Account (2011)
 

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The Inverse Force Rule: Social Change in Long-term Context (2011)
 

Presentations

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Social Awareness in a Changing Business World, International Conference of the Institute for Business Administration in Bucharest (2012)
 

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Professional Leadership and Personal Flexibility: The Romanian Challenge., 4th International Conference of the Institute for Business Administration (2011)
 
Peoplization: Teaching Sociology to Non-Majors. Workshop, Georgia Sociological Assocation (2007)
 
Human Hierarchies: A General Theory. Paper, Georgia Sociological Association (2006)
 
The Middle Class and the Suburbs. Paper, American Suburbs in the 21st Century at Kennesaw State University (2005)
 

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