Following my previous article, on unconscious bias, can we say that social constructionism, is itself socially constructed? If the claims social construction makes for itself are true, then the answer must be ‘yes’. Foisted on its own petard, indeed? Nigel Pocock What of this darling of so many […]
In Focus
In Focus
What we might look like in the future
The colour of our skin will be darker, we will not have any hair on our bodies, we will have fewer teeth, our toes will disappear, and if the ‘computer generation’ continues not to use their brains to their maximum capacity, brainpower will also inevitably reduce. Nicholas Valdes […]
You don’t want to go where I am going
Juning’s four children had to stay on the island Bantayan in the Philippines when the family employing her as a domestic servant first moved from Manila to Hong Kong. Sean Sheehan The family’s daughter, Caroline, was born there in 1976 and when the family moved to London Juning […]
Public opinion or identity atomised
One deceitful and yet successful strategy used by mass media to spread truths that do not exist is by putting words in the mouths of millions, whether these be words of demand, rejection, support or condemnation. Today this strategy is employed by ideologies that seek to encroach on liberties. But […]
Covid and totalitarian temptations
The US psychologist Michelle Gelfand wrote in The Guardian (2.2.21) about different cultural responses to the pandemic. Steve Latham She suggests that “tight” societies, with high levels of adherence to rules, reacted better to Covid than loose” societies, which demonstrated weaker rule-keeping. This is part of her wider […]