Sublime

Is the criminologist’s job to resolve legal and cultural ambiguities, simply to acknowledge them—or sometimes even to celebrate them?

First, he and Thatcher were what sociologists called weak ties.

Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to providi

Ehrenberg is also interested in tracing our cultural history. Particularly, he’s interested in how modernity’s unfolding has produced distinct forms of mental illness. Ehrenberg wants to show us how these distinct forms tell us something important about modernity itself.

For example, the New York Times once ran a story about why the traditional jail system doesn’t work for female inmates. It was a well-researched and engaging story, but it was all an advertisement for the Netflix series Orange is the New Black.[309]