The symptom of intolerance: Psychoanalysis as a tool for social sciences
Due to a trace of suspicion produced by theorists like Marx, Freud and Nietzsche, in addition to a...
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Category: Social Justice
Understanding the Chilean Popular Uprising of 2019
[image found here] October 18, 2019, marked the start of the ongoing popular uprising in Chile. It...
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Why we need social theory …now!
2018 has been a strange year. Actually, the world has become a particular strange place to me...
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Bourdieu and Reflexivity: opportunities through the habitus clivé?
I was recently asked to present as part of a master class on Bourdieu and Higher Education...
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‘Accessing Higher Education: The experiences of ‘estranged students’ beyond entry point
Free Event: 20 September 2018 (10:00 – 16:30 UK Time) at the University of Strathclyde. Register...
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The place of social competence in higher education. Introducing an Erasmus+ project
By Rille Raaper and Julie Rattray* This blog post aims to introduce our recently commenced...
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The experiences of ‘estranged students’: Call for Participants
Participants are required for the following study: The experiences of ‘estranged students’ beyond...
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Why we need radical education in social movements
Reflections on AERC 2016: Drawing Tomorrow’s Blueprint from Today’s Inkwell This reflective essay...
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Consumerism and student politics: strange bedfellows?
Students’ Unions and Consumerist Policy Discourses in England: An Exploration of Discursive...
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Antonio Gramsci: A Pedagogy to Change the World
Imprisoned by a regime that, by 1930, enjoyed a wide consensus, Antonio Gramsci had an overarching...
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Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education
This is the title of a keynote I will deliver in September as part of the Symposium: Student...
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Academia’s Wives
At this year’s Edinburgh Festival, I went to see Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy read from her The...
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