Hall remains my scholarly idol, for the collaboration-centered reasons you discuss here--and yes, making an idol out of someone who was so good at centering the collective is not without a huge dollop of irony. But in any case, despite the recognition that he has, I think he's *still* under-read, and surprisingly so right now, given the insight his work can provide about, like, everything right now.
Hall remains my scholarly idol, for the collaboration-centered reasons you discuss here--and yes, making an idol out of someone who was so good at centering the collective is not without a huge dollop of irony. But in any case, despite the recognition that he has, I think he's *still* under-read, and surprisingly so right now, given the insight his work can provide about, like, everything right now.
Yes, definitely! Even when re-reading, I always am in awe at how his theorizations are still so relevant to today.