The Myth of Moral Panics · Sex, Snuff, and Satan

The Myth of Moral Panics · Sex, Snuff, and Satan
Authors
Thompson, Bill, Williams, Andy
Publisher
Routledge
Tags
sociology , psychology , politics , philosophy
ISBN
9780415812665
Date
2013-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.44 MB
Lang
en
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This study provides a comprehensive critique - forensic, historical, and theoretical - of the moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the panic paradigm suffers from fundamental flaws that make it a myth rather than a viable academic perspective.