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Viviana Zelizer
American sociologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 80
Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer is an American sociologist and the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. She is an economic sociologist who focuses on the attribution of cultural and moral meaning to the economy.
Viviana Zelizer is read about 23 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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A constant theme in her work is the economic valuation of the sacred, as found in such contexts as life insurance settlements and economic transactions between sexual intimates. In 2006, she was elected to the PEN American Center. In 2007, she was elected to both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
