'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and
Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks
and hoodies. Every era has its own moral panics. It was Stanley Cohen's
classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly
revised, that brought the term 'moral panic' into widespread discussion.
It is an outstanding investigation of the way in which the media and
often those in a position of political power define a condition, or
group, as a threat to societal values and interests. Fanned by screaming
media headlines, Cohen brilliantly demonstrates how this leads to such
groups being marginalised and vilified in the popular imagination,
inhibiting rational debate about solutions to the social problems such
groups represent. Furthermore, he argues that moral panics go even
further by identifying the very fault lines of power in society.
Full of sharp insight and analysis, Folk Devils and Moral Panics is
essential reading for anyone wanting to understand this powerful and
enduring phenomenon. Professor Stanley Cohen is Emeritus Professor of
Sociology at the London School of Economics. He received the
Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology (1985) and is
on the Board of the International Council on Human Rights.
He is a member of the British Academy.
Folk Devils and Moral Panics - Stanley Cohen
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