#Sociology

Eric Knowles

eric_knowles

So much of the “culture war” is, at base, a disagreement over James Baldwin’s view of history: “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

During 2+2 = 4 discourse it was apparent the stereotyped sides (not corresponding to the actual distribution of opinion) were people who believe mathematical truth universal and indubitable vs people

Philip Gorski

GorskiPhilip

1/ A brief addendum on the social base of right-wing populism. "Diner interviews" in the American "heartland" have created a deeply misleading picture of the activist base of populist movements

wydna.kb

KBULTRA0

Cyberpunk is a totally vapid aesthetic mainly rooted in an ultimate affirmation of the plasticity of identity under changing material conditions. Over time this idea has been exhausted and reduced

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Perfect example of cancel culture — by which I mean 1) forming a mob, to 2) seek to get someone fired (or disproportionately punished), for 3) statements within Overton window.

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

kareem_carr

I've noticed a kind of tribal individualist that's common online. They move in mobs, make nearly identical objections, claim not be a group or believe in groups, and are extremely

Catherine van Saarloos

CoreMathsCat

I can't begin to imagine how stressful all the school uncertainty must be right now. If you are having to think about online lessons this is just a thread to

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raeraefire

1/ I am so tired of people JUST NOW saying USPS sucks and blaming Trump for it. My daddy delivered mail for over 40 years and as the years went

Steven Threadgold

stevethready75

Great to get this in the post today, it actually feels like the book is finished once you get the hard copies! 1/n Big thanks to @Ravn_Signe and @geoffreme who

Aaron Winter

aaronzwinter

I'm glad it's online, but the cost is too high, particularly from our homes & in the context of a crisis that's seeing redundancies, pay cuts, hiring freezes & the

Maggie Hoerger

MaggieHoerger

The paper reads like a twitter fight dressed up as ethnography (which is useful in sociology). The paper is trivial until the end, when I think the author touches on

sloane (sipihkopiyesis)

cottoncandaddy

I grew up in a canadian city of ~70k people, and I've been thinking a lot about why and how the police I've encountered here in the usa, and the

Sociology Sal

Sociologysal

⁦⁦@JoyVBehar⁩ “for the next 20 years, sociologists are going to be studying these 4yrs.” They already are! A thread for people interested in understanding these times. @JonathanMetzl 's Dying of

el gato malo

boriquagato

the lancet just published this piece claiming that heat deaths are up 54% in over 65's in the last 20 years.not only is it not even real data (it's a

Lindsay Hetherington

lindsayhether

Gradually getting used to Twitter. Found some fab ideas and connections here. Often don’t share my thoughts though but here goes. I’m an academic/teacher educator who got into that because

Penny Edgell

PennyEMN

I'm not surprised by the election results, and it's largely due to my work on the American Mosaic Project with fine colleagues like @jgerteis, @hartm021, @EvanStewart23, @ajacfrost, @jack_dele (and others).

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