Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology and the Department of Social Inquiry present: Sisonke Msimang Sook and Tired: A conversation about race and the media In the last few years, questions of racial justice have re-emerged in America, South Africa and Australia. This conversation will look at media coverage of police brutality against African-Americans, and…
Cultural Trauma, Morality and Nihilism Articles: Culture trauma, morality and solidarity: The social construction of ‘Holocaust’ and other mass murders Jeffrey C Alexander Abstract: Cultural trauma occurs when members of a collectivity feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group consciousness, marking their memories forever and changing their…
Annual Agnes Heller Lecture Intimacy as Freedom: Friendship, Gender and Everyday Life Dr Harry Blatterer, Macquarie University Wednesday 5 November 2014 5.00 – 6.30 pm Martin Building Lecture Theatre In intimate life, anything seems possible. Sexualities, lifestyles and identities appear to be merely a matter of individual proclivity and choice. Commitment is optional. The last…
Between Adolescence and Anger: The ‘new’ South Africa nears Twenty This issue features prominent South African political theorists, sociologists, and public figures. It contains an interview with the late Jakes Gerwel – statesman, academic, activist – and several penetrating and insightful papers. The authors explore issues of race, gender, politics, culture, and arts in past…
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