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  1. Goffmanian Analysis of Consumerism (With Veblen/Bourdieu Synthesis).Coraline Empson - manuscript
    This essay was my first ever at the University of Sheffield. In it, I analyse consumerism using Goffman's interaction order, then loop this in with Marx, Veblen and Bourdieu, all of which I argue are "instances of Goffmanian macrosociology". Final grade was first class honours, word limit 1,500. -/- Ideas expressed in this essay have since turning into a separate paper I am working in which I present a Bourdieusien-Goffmanian Relativity theory of Interaction. This paper misses out later ideas I (...)
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  2. Wittgensteinian-Foucauldian Analysis of Labelling Theory.Coraline Empson - manuscript
    In this essay, I analyse Howard S. Becker's labelling theory, using Wittgenstein and Foucault to argue that it has significant explanatory power in describing what I term "the hegemonic power of the label". Much of this essay hints at my general thought with regards hegemony at the level of interaction and language. Final grade was first class honours, 2,000 word limit. -/- The ideas expressed herein have matured significantly since. I am working on a quantitative study with my University to (...)
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  3. An Outline To: The Dynamics & Theory Of Hegemony.Coraline Empson - manuscript
    This is an outline to my paper attempting to develop a full theory of hegemony. I deal with hegemony both at the micro and the macro in this paper. Highly influenced by Goffman, Gramsci and Wittgenstein. -/- This will be the first of many paper outlines over the coming months as I move closer towards publication.
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  4. Tractatus Sociologicus-Ontologicus (Draft 1).Coraline Empson - manuscript
    This is a draft and much shortened version of one of my most abstract and ambition works hitherto. It is deeply theoretical and extremely influenced by Wittgenstein. It is named after his Tractatus as a tribute. -/- In the parts of the work in this draft I attempt to map out the meanings of social propositions and how the social world and metasociology itself forms out of them. I also briefly introduce my Wittgensteinian Equivalence Theory in this work, but the (...)
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