Book Review – Chavs
I have already posted on Owen Jones‘s Chavs: The Demonization of The Working Class (see here and here). Another good subtitle for this book could be “the not-so-hidden injuries of class” (to riff on...
View ArticleZygmunt Bauman on The London Riots
Here: “These are not hunger or bread riots. These are riots of defective and disqualified consumers. Revolutions are not staple products of social inequality; but minefields are. Minefields are areas...
View ArticleNo, Really, Moral Entrepreneurs Should STFU (Part II)
Via my comrade-in-arms, Karl Thompson, this open letter to David Cameron’s parents beautifully makes a great point about the similarities in values between looters and, well, upper-class looters...
View ArticlePre-Crime and Street Corner Society 2.0
From this interesting article in which Malcolm James explains how law enforcement polices public spaces against youth pre-crime: “Even before the riots, the streets were dangerous places for young...
View ArticleBook Review – Cop in the Hood
If you enjoyed the first season of the Wire, you will enjoy Peter Moskos‘s Cop in the Hood. The book is the tale of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy, becoming a...
View ArticleDegradation Ceremony 101 – Shaving Punks Edition
(Via) “Indonesian sharia police are “morally rehabilitating” more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province’s image. Since being...
View ArticleHedging Albinos
Because that is what it is, right? A form of hedging. Again, I have blogged multiple times about the murders of albinos in Tanzania. Here is a more recent example of this, with some connection made to...
View ArticleStigma and Exclusion 101
Do check out this series of stunning photos on a disease of the Middle Ages that persist today even though it is treatable, leprosy in Brazil: A disease like leprosy, which leaves people with...
View ArticleDetection, Degradation and Dissimulation
Detection: “The Malaysian government has begun holding seminars aiming to help teachers and parents spot signs of homosexuality in children, underscoring a rise in religious conservatism in the...
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