Giddens’ Structuration Theory – A Summary
structure emerges out of and enables action, the two are fundamentally linked!
Book summaries, Social Theories
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Book summaries, Social Theories
Summary of Liquid Modernity – Chapter Two – Individuality
I’m presently enjoying re-reading Bauman’s major works – I thought offering up my summaries might be useful to some students.
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Zygmunt Bauman’s Consuming Life (2007): Chapter One
A summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Consuming Life (2007), chapter one: Consumerism versus Consumption
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Stuff by Daniel Miller – A Summary
A summary of Stuff by the anthropologist Daniel Miller The premise of this book is that things make people as
Book summaries, education
The Myth of Meritocracy and the Structure of Luck
This recent Thinking Allowed podcast summarises a recently published book -Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
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Erich Fromm’s ‘Fear of Freedom’- A Summary
A summary of Erich Fromm‘s ‘Fear of Freedom’, first published in the UK in 1942 This book is an analysis
Book summaries, Global Development, Globalisation, Theories of development
Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid – A Summary and Criticism
In this blog post I summarise Dambisa Moyo’s views on the problems with Aid as a strategy for development –
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Why Marx Was Right
Why Marx was Right refutes ten criticisms levelled at Marx and Marxism over the years by drawing on material from
Book summaries, Culture and Identity
Erving Goffman and Judith Butler’s Perspectives on Identity
A summary of one chapter from Steph Lawler’s Book – ‘Identity: Sociological Perspectives’ – Masquerading as ourselves: Self-Impersonation and Social
Book summaries, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim, Social Theories
Giddens – Fate, Risk and Security
A Summary of Anthony Giddens’ Modernity and Self Identity, Chapter 4 – Fate, Risk and Security Fate, Fatalism, Fateful Moments