Dr Isher-Paul Sahni
Associate Professor
B.A., M.A. (Concordia University), Ph.D. (McGill University)
Isher-Paul Sahni is a new tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Sociology. Prior to his appointment at UNB, he taught at Concordia University in Montreal. His areas of specialization include Weberian sociology; classical and contemporary sociological theory; and the sociology of law and literature. He is currently engaged in research on Erving Goffman’s sociological legacy and topical issues in the sociology of literature.
Recent Publications
- Sahni, I (2009) 'Max Weber's Sociology of Law: Judge as Mediator', Journal of Classical Sociology 9(2): 205-229.
- Sahni, I (2008) Book review of Simon Susen (2007) The Foundations of the Social: Between Critical Theory and Reflexive Sociology. Oxford: The Bardwell Press, The Canadian Journal of Sociology 33(3): 712-714.
- Sahni, I (2006) Book review of Nasser Behnegar (2005) Leo Strauss, Max Weber, and the Scientific Study of Politics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, The Canadian Journal of Sociology 31(3): 379-381.
- Sahni, I (2006) Vanished Mediators: On the Residual Status of Judges in Max Weber’s "Sociology of Law."’Journal of Classical Sociology 6(2): 177-194
- Sahni, I (2005) Durkheim, modernidad y espíritu de fraternidad [Durkheim, Modernity and the Spirit of Brotherhood’], Trayectorias VII(19): 19-31.
- Sahni, I (2005 ) Max Weber Today (Review Essay on Basit Bilal Koshul, The Postmodern Significance of Max Weber's Legacy; Fritz Ringer, Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography; Alan Sica, Max Weber and the New Century). Canadian Journal of Sociology Online September - October.
- Sahni, I (2003) The Many Max Webers. Journal of Classical Sociology 3(3): 315-334.
- Sahni, I (2001) The "Will to Act": An Analysis of Max Weber’s Conceptualisation of Social Action and Political Ethics in the Light of Goethe’s Fiction. Sociology 35(2): 421-439.
Contact Information:
Assistant Professor
Office: Tilley Hall, Room 16
Phone: (506) 458 7444
Fax: (506) 453-4659
