About the CST

Bin Xu

Bin Xu is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His research interests lie at the intersection of cultural sociology, political sociology, and social theory. His empirical topics include civil society, collective memory, and symbolic politics. He is the author of The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society (Polity, 2022), Chairman Mao's Children: Generation and the Politics of Memory in China (Cambridge University Press 2021), The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China (2017), and many articles in leading journals.