Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
24 September 2008
repeat 28 Sep
CRIME AND CONSUMERISM
According to Steve Hall, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University and co-author of a new book entitled Criminal Identity and Consumer Culture, many young people turn to crime as the most efficient means to get hold of the material possessions they desire. But they do not desire these consumer goods solely for their practical uses – they want to adorn their lives with the symbols of success, to set themselves apart from society.
Laurie Taylor is joined by Steve Hall and Paddy Rawlinson, Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics to explore the darker side of consumer culture. They debate how our immersion in consumer culture prevents individuals from reflecting critically upon themselves and their actions.
MEANING OF MARRIAGE
Fifties style traditional marriage is thought to be unequal and not very intimate; described in sociological terms as ‘companionate’. Nowadays, however, marriage is imagined as more intimate and more egalitarian. But does it really meet these expectations? Has marriage really changed?
Andrew Bell from Edinburgh University discusses the notion of modern marriage and talks about his research which challenges Anthony Giddens’ model of the intimate marriage and suggests that the traditional notion of the ‘companionable marriage’ endures.
Additional information:
Dr Steve Hall
Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University
Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture; Crime, exclusion and the new culture of narcissism
Steve Hall (Author), Simon Winlow (Author), Craig Ancrum (Author)
Publisher: Willan Publishing
ISBN-10: 184392255X
ISBN-13: 978-1843922551
Dr Paddy Rawlinson
Lecturer in the department of sociology at London School of Economics
From Fear to Fraternity; A Russian Tale of Crime, Economy and Modernity
Publisher:Pluto Press (March 2009)
ISBN: 978 074 531 8677
Andrew Bell
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh
The Transformation of Intimacy: Love, Sexuality and Eroticism in Modern Societies
Anthony Giddens
Publisher: Polity Press; New Ed edition
ISBN-10: 0745612393
ISBN-13: 978-0745612393
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