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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Tag: Emile Durkheim
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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Is Durkheim Still Relevant? Social Facts, Solidarity and Culture Wars
Durkheim never saw a social media pile-on, but he worried about what holds societies together and how they draw moral boundaries. This article introduces his ideas on social facts, solidarity, crime and anomie, and uses them to analyse contemporary “culture wars” over statues, values and offence – and to show where his framework now needs updating.
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