Underlying much sociological explanation is an attempt to bridge the gap between the ‘micro’ and the ‘macro’ within the context of a specific empirical inquiry. As the authors put it, “in the human and behavioural sciences, the analytical connection or co-relation between… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘social theory’
Using visual metaphor to explain how stuff works: what theorists can learn from beatboxing?
In this video Beardyman, UK beat boxer renowned for his use of live looping, collaborates with the visual artist mr_hopkinson to visually describe the practice. As someone who is fascinated by this kind of music but had never understood how… Read More ›
Books Like Sociology
The idea of studying modern social problems in a methodical way emerges in the late 19th, early 20th century through the writings of scholars such as Karl Marx, Max Weber, Sigmund Freud and especially, Emile Durkheim and W.E.B. Du Bois…. Read More ›
Mi Vida Sin Mi
Once, years ago, the man who lived in the apartment below mine committed suicide. The police came pounding on my door in the middle of night to ask questions: Did I know him? When was the last time I saw… Read More ›
A sociological blog dedicated to ‘Humanity 2.0’
Recently a videoclip of me giving one of the first TEDx lectures at Warwick was posted here on ‘Humanity 2.0’, which is about changing definitions of the human, an issue central to the past, present and future of the social… Read More ›
Paradise At Home
Dear Dr. Sprenger, Thank you so much for your article Home Goings on The Sociological Imagination. As a sociologist who left her home in West Virginia many years ago, I have always carried the feeling of being misplaced or unsettled…. Read More ›
Home Goings
So entrenched in our most intimate yearnings, home often seems as if it were some universal truth, like it says in all those sayings, home is where the heart is, home is where you hang your hat, you would be… Read More ›
Discourses of Dissent – Social Theory and the Politics of Austerity
A round table session from Discourses of Dissent exploring how social theory can help us understand the politics of austerity. How do theoretical justifications of austerity work to constrain public debate? How does the current government’s incongruous blend of neoliberal… Read More ›
Discourses of Dissent: Social Theory and Political Resistance
Public Symposium, Warwick Social Theory Centre 16th February 2011, 2-6pm, Birmingham Midland Institute £10 waged / £5 student, unwaged Discourses of Dissent is a one day symposium, open to all, which explores the relationship between social theory and political resistance. In… Read More ›
Discourses of Dissent: Social Theory and Political Resistance
Public Symposium, Warwick Social Theory Centre 16th February 2011, 2-6pm, Birmingham Midland Institute £10 waged / £5 student, unwaged Discourses of Dissent is a one day symposium, open to all, which explores the relationship between social theory and political resistance. In… Read More ›
Call for Papers – Social Science and Cultural Politics
Cultural politics is a concept used to label a complex range of social phenomena, frequently as diverse as media cultures and ideologies, forms of political action and social movements, institutional and professional cultures. However, social sciences themselves are driven (explicitly or otherwise)… Read More ›