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Society Wasn’t Built for Us: A Bourdieuian View of Neurodivergence
Exploring how Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of capital, habitus, fields, and symbolic violence reveal the hidden barriers faced by neurodivergent people.
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Taste and Distinction: How Class Shapes What We Like
How does social class shape taste? This article explores Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital, Goffman’s impression management, and contemporary critiques of taste hierarchies, gatekeeping, and cultural gentrification.
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Beyond Weber, Marx, and Orwell: The Rise of Digital Neofeudalism
Has the modern world outgrown Weber’s iron cage, Marx’s alienation, and Orwell’s surveillance state—only to enter a new form of control? In an era where tech monopolies act as digital landlords, individuals no longer own…
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The Rise of ‘Neurodiversity Chic’: Meaningful Progress or Just Branding?
Discover the complexities of neurodiversity's rise in mainstream society, from increased awareness and policy shifts to concerns over performative advocacy and media stereotypes. This in-depth analysis explores the sociological impact, challenges, and future of neurodivergent…
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From Blocks to Bureaucracy: What Can Minecraft Tell Us About Society?
Discover how Minecraft serves as a virtual experiment in social organisation, governance, and economic structures. Explore sociological theories, digital governance trends, and the future of virtual societies.
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Deepfake Pornography: Power, Consent, and Digital Ethics
An in-depth sociological analysis of deepfake pornography, exploring its ethical implications, power dynamics, consent, and digital exploitation through feminist and media theories.
Read moreRecent ‘Explained’ Articles
Why Does Where You Live Affect Your Opportunities?
Where you live can shape access to education, work, housing, transport and public services. This article explores how place becomes part of social inequality and why opportunity is unevenly distributed across different areas.
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What Makes Something Deviant?
What makes behaviour deviant, and who gets to decide? This article explores social norms, labelling, stigma, power and why definitions of deviance change across time, place and social groups.
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Why Do People Obey Rules Nobody Actually Enforces?
Why do people follow unwritten rules even when nobody is watching? This article explores social norms, sanctions, socialisation, embarrassment, belonging and the everyday processes that keep social life orderly.
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What Counts as a Family?
Families can take many forms, and what counts as a family has changed across time and place. This article explores family diversity, socialisation, gender, domestic labour and the social forces that shape family life.
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What Do Sociologists Mean by Social Class?
Social class is about more than income. This article explores how Marx, Weber and Bourdieu help us understand class, life chances, cultural capital, social mobility and the unequal distribution of opportunity.
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Where Do Our Ideas About ‘Normal’ Come From?
What feels normal is often something we have learned. This article explores how norms, values, socialisation and power shape our ideas about acceptable behaviour, and why ‘normal’ changes across time and place.
Read moreThinking Sociologically explores class, power, and everyday life through a critical lens — with practical tools for reading the social world.
