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Category: Sociological Imagination

Media…

The GOP is No Longer a Governing Party

31 May 202111 Jun 2021
THIS IS NOT A BUG...IT'S A FEATURE On Inauguration Day 2009, when the rest of the country was celebrating an historic Democratic electoral landslide, members of the Republican elite met…
Corona Virus…

Will Corona-virus Change Society as we Know It?

25 Apr 202025 Apr 2020
MAD SOCIOLOGIST IN THE NEWS VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 What will the world look like when we finally emerge from our Corona-virus chrysalises and breathe in the new world order?…
Mad Sociologist in the News…

A Non-Trump Analysis of the Impeachment

10 Feb 202010 Feb 2020
ON MITIGATING YOUR OWN IN-GROUP BIAS Better late than never, I have to say. Actually, I'm glad I was a little behind on this Mad Sociologist in the News piece,…
Classroom…

A Course in Mad Sociology: Lecture 1

30 Oct 2019
Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination: Section 1: What is sociology? Hello, and welcome to Mr. Andoscia’s Sociology class. You have all signed up to learn…
Digital Life…

Collapse of the Rational Legal Order

27 Sep 201914 Oct 2019
RISE OF CHARISMATIC PARTY RULE Almost forty years ago, Senator Barry Goldwater, the erstwhile transformative presidential candidate, led a delegation to the Nixon White House. There, in the Oval Office,…
Culture…

On Walls, Refugees and White Walkers

4 Jun 20194 Jun 2019
HOW WALLS MAKE US LESS SAFE It's been a long couple of weeks, so I may have missed my opportunity to take advantage of the obligatory Game of Thrones reference…
American Empire…

How Are We Going to Pay for This?

11 May 201917 May 2019
ON SELECTIVE FISCAL HAWKISHNESS What if I told you that there was a federal program out there that cost the American taxpayers billions of dollars, much of which is unaccounted…
American Empire…

My Tour of the Victims of Modern Capitalism: Part I Haiti

20 Apr 201920 Apr 2019
THERE'S NO VACATION FROM THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION I hadn't planned it. It just happened. I'm not sure if it was coincidence or some deep-seated, subconscious sense of guilt that inspired…
Race…

Implicit Bias, the Thomas Theorem and Police Violence

28 Dec 20148 Aug 2020
Fear and Prejudice in Police Decision Making Two articles that appeared in Vox, taken together, were very revealing with regard to the ongoing debate and protest on police violence. The…
Crime…

Discriminatory or Wanton Police Violence is Dangerous

21 Dec 2014
To the Police Note: I was planning this post for a few days, but in light of the despicable murder of two police officers in New York I feel that…

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The Banality of Book Banning

The Banality of Book Banning

Perpetuating fear is in many ways a banal act of people just doing their jobs by impartially administering the law.

by Mad Sociologist 5 Jun 20237 Jun 2023
When They Really Came for the Teachers

When They Really Came for the Teachers

Teachers went from heroes to villains, thanks to right-wing counter narratives.

by Mad Sociologist 31 May 2023
A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

Chapter 3: Methods of Research Section 1: Positivism and Quantitative Methods Introduction It’s time to talk about methods of research! No, look. We have to talk about methods of research. We have to get an understanding of how sociologists know what they know. Sociologists don’t just sit around thinking about society and writing whatever pops…

by Mad Sociologist 17 May 202317 May 2023
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