February 4, 2012 by SocProf and tagged Sociology
I got this thanks to Bob Ertishek, founder of the shiny new Profology network, and it’s actually more of a defense of liberal arts education than sociology per se: “As the new year begins and humanities and social science undergraduates across Canada return to campus, they will face the usual robust combination of academic pressure, [...]
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February 4, 2012 by SocProf and tagged Commodification, Corporatism, Economy, Globalization, Labor, Movies, Poverty, Precarization, Risk Society, Science-fiction, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification, Social Theory, Sociology
Sorry about the lack of recent posts, guys. Between the beginning of the term and the massive amount of academic writing I have foolishly and irresponsibly agreed to do, I will be swamped until February 15th. That being said, while taking a break from The Writing, I watched this film, scifi fan that I am: [...]
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