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The breakdown of European assumptions – dispatches from Italy

The breakdown of European assumptions – dispatches from Italy

  • By discoversociety
  • March 20, 2020

Matias Nestore As I sit down to write this piece, in my family home in the Orcia valley, Italy is entering [...]

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Corona, Lockdowns, and civil liberties: why participation and debate is important

Corona, Lockdowns, and civil liberties: why participation and debate is important

  • By discoversociety
  • March 20, 2020

Mario Bisiada The paradox of these days is that, while much of Europe has ground to a halt and authorities urge [...]

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No such thing as society? Liberal paternalism, politics of expertise, and the Corona crisis

No such thing as society? Liberal paternalism, politics of expertise, and the Corona crisis

  • By discoversociety
  • March 20, 2020

Jana Bacevic In an interview in 1987, Margaret Thatcher famously responded: “There is no such thing as society...there are individual [...]

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Covid-19: threats and opportunities

Covid-19: threats and opportunities

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  • March 19, 2020

Alyson Learmonth On the 4th March this year I returned from 4 weeks in rural Scotland, where I had very limited [...]

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A Market for Values in a Troubled World

A Market for Values in a Troubled World

  • By discoversociety
  • March 18, 2020

Marco Senatore Due to COVID-19 we are forced to acknowledge the importance of human life as the basic, fundamental value that [...]

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RAPID RESPONSE COVID-19

RAPID RESPONSE COVID-19

  • By discoversociety
  • March 17, 2020

Discover Society was set up six-years ago as a free online monthly magazine of social research, policy analysis and critical [...]

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Is this what sociology is for?

Is this what sociology is for?

  • By discoversociety
  • March 17, 2020

Karen Kendrick I am at this moment coming up with a lesson plan to teach my students about how capitalism and [...]

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Pandemic as a ‘breaching experiment’ in social order

Pandemic as a ‘breaching experiment’ in social order

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  • March 17, 2020

Graham Scambler At the time of writing, there is no real consensus emerging on how best to respond to what the [...]

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Covid-19 in comparison: Loo roll and losing loved ones in Israel and England

Covid-19 in comparison: Loo roll and losing loved ones in Israel and England

  • By discoversociety
  • March 17, 2020

Ben Kasstan Shabbat is the 25 hour period of rest that sees most businesses and public transportation close in Israel, punctuating [...]

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FOCUS: The ethics of impact when researching ‘terrorism’

FOCUS: The ethics of impact when researching ‘terrorism’

  • By discoversociety
  • March 04, 2020

Tom Mills, Narzanin Massoumi and David Miller  The attacks of 9/11 still casts a long shadow over foreign and domestic [...]

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