Rethinking The World 
Rethinking The World is a new regular column by Prakash Kona
Acts of terror: a short film about photography, freedom and the police
Act of Terror from Fat Rat Films on Vimeo. While filming a routine stop and search of her boyfriend on the London Underground, Gemma suddenly found herself detained, handcuffed and threatened with arrest. Act of Terror tells the story of… Read More ›
Lost in London
“Lost in London” is a film by Michael Smith and Wojciech Duczmal, who’ve collaborated on many documentaries for the BBC over the years. It develops further their idea of the lyrical essay-film, or documentary-poem. Inspired by Baudelaire’s idea of the… Read More ›
Being realist about social movements
This is the first in a series of blog posts on realism and social movements. The purpose of it is to refine the explanatory purchase of realist thought within social movement studies and consider what it means ‘to be realist’… Read More ›
On Bullshit
You can read an abridged version of Harry Frankfurt’s original essay here
The Truth of the Apple iPad Behind Foxconn’s Lies
I find it difficult to know what to do with the fact that I first watched this video on an iPad mini and am now writing this post on a MacBook Air. The company also apparently makes the Kindle, Wii… Read More ›
The dawn of Cafe Society
I have for over 40 years written in cafes. In the early 1970s I scribbled in longhand, always having a notebook and biro about me somewhere. More recently, of course, I have carried a lightweight laptop around, several books chapters… Read More ›
Reflecting on the Riots
In the first episode of the LSE British Politicast, we take a closer look at the Riots of 2011. This podcast looks back on the riots, presenting sociological and criminological perspectives on why they happened and what, if anything, can be… Read More ›
Happiness and young people’s aspirations: freedom or constraint?
It’s strange (and slightly disturbing) to think that I’ve been researching young people’s educational and employment choices and aspirations for over a decade now – from my doctorate, that looked at gender and the choice to study maths, to this… Read More ›
The Rorty Discussion with Donald Davidson
In these videos two of the most influential American philosophers of the 20th century, Richard Rorty and Donald Davidson, discuss a range of pressing philosophical issues. One particularly interesting thing about this dialogue is how clearly it shows the degree… Read More ›
Professor Steven Rose ‘Can Neuroscience Explain the Mind’
If you enjoyed this lecture then you’ll love the dialogue between Steven Rose and Richard Dawkins here.
Interested in Asexuality Studies? Everything you need to get started contained within
This is the outline for the special theme issue of Psychology & Sexuality which I edited with Kristina Gupta and Todd Morrison. It was published in March 2013. The editorial and the ‘virtual discussion’ are open access (i.e. freely available… Read More ›
The best infographic ever? A briefing on intersectionality
A rather lovely infographic via Stavvers: Miriam Dobson has made this brilliant little infographic on intersectionality. Description beneath the image. If you liked it, you can find Miriam’s work here. Description: This is an infographic featuring text and descriptions TITLE:… Read More ›
Critical realism, interdisciplinarity and well-being
In the Social Theory & Health 2012 Annual Lecture Roy Bhaskar, founder of Critical Realism, gave a lecture on ‘Critical realism, interdisciplinarity and well-being’. Use the link below to access the podcast of the lecture: STH 2012 Annual Lecture: Roy Bhaskar While… Read More ›
In defence of being alone
Via Meg Barker. If you like this one, you should also check this out. Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis are wonderful.
Astonishing Spoken Word Poem on Immigration
HT Liberal Conspiracy. Find out more about the slam poet on her website and her Twitter account.
While My Guitar Gently Types
Tired of typing emails, crouched over a keyboard? David Neevel’s new invention will resonate with you. It is an electric guitar which can type! This isn’t sociology, but it sure is imagination, of the highest rank. We at SI hope… Read More ›