Choosing One's Words Carefully
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.Via Jay Livingston at Montclair Socioblog, a beautiful short film that won in Cannes.
View ArticleHow To Rob an African Nation
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.What happens when a small island African country discovers oil in its territorial waters? (Via Der Spiegel) In a perfect world, it should be the way...
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Book Review - Marsbound
Body: I am a big fan of science-fiction in general (good science-fiction is always good sociology), and of Joe Haldeman (that website needs some updating, Joe! Oh well, we can console ourselves with...
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Book Review - The Rise of the Global Imaginary - Part 1
Body: Coss-posted from The Global Sociology Blog, a proud PB2.0 Blog! I have already blogged a bit about Manfred Steger's concept of social imaginary but that was before the actual publication of his...
View ArticleNumber One Song on The Day You Were Born
Body: Via Avedon, find out at this site, here is mine (coulda been worse!):Feel free to leave yours in the comments!
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Book Review - The Rise of the Global Imaginary - Part 2
Body: Here is the second part of my review of Manfred Steger's The Rise of the Global Imaginary (part 1 here). In the last part of the book, Steger focuses on the sometimes conflicting ideologies...
View ArticlePB2.0 - Where Do We Go from Here?
Body: After weeks of looking back and taking stock of what happened to the major players in the progressive blogosphere (PB1.0), let's move forward, shall we?It's time to come out and stake our claim...
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Basic Sociology - Group Behavior
Body: GroupsSocial groups have specific characteristics: (a) they consist of two or more people who (b) interact in an ordered fashion, (c) share specific values and norms, and (d) have at least some...
View ArticleStephanie Coontz Revisits The Feminine Mystique
Body: Stephanie Coontz makes all the so-called relationship, marriage and family experts from the conservative thinktanks look like the frauds that they are. Her most recent book, Marriage - A History,...
View ArticleTaking My Leave from Corrente
Body: Because of this:Obama’s a helluva lot more human than the botox domme Queen Cindy and her gigilo soldier of fortune John Sidney McCain. You all have a helluva lot of a greater chance surviving...
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