Sociologist as Killjoy: In Defence of Pessimism

Roy Coleman  In ‘advanced’ societies it is now normal to be told to put-on a bright, happy or at least relaxed face before work commences. Sociologists are not immune to this process: it is structured into the procedures of academia like any other ‘workplace’. And like other 21st century workplaces we glimpse “a weird assortment of gurus …