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Katie Higgins

@katiehiggins.bsky.social
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Lecturer, School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield Book reviews editor, The British Journal of Sociology Co-convenor, BSA Sociology of Elites Study Group / Elite Studies Working Group

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a ninth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll be as "interrogated as a witness" at the BBC Radio 4 program 'The MOral Maze' tonight on #limitarianism. But more importantly, in the first half of the program, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social will "a witness" to talk about dirty money in UK Politics. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze, 16/09/2026
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you beginning your career researching social or wealth #inequality? The 2027 @isi-munich.bsky.social Pipeline Program pairs early-career scholars on wealth inequality with a senior mentor abroad. Apply by 30 Sep: form.jotform.com/262431358048... Info: www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...
ISI Pipeline Program
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Do you have some exciting research ideas? Apply for a three-year postdoc position in sociology at Nuffield College starting September 2027. Apply by 21/9. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Now available worldwide, An Elite Education by Emma Taylor is an examination of the making of privilege at one of Britain’s top boys’ schools. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Sociology #Education
An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School by Emma Taylor
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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Assistant Professor in Social Inequality
Are you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor!
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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Postdoc in sociology of intergroup relations – University of Bern starting January 1, 2027, or by arrangement. Application deadline: August 11, 2026 For further information, see the official job advertisement: jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
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Postdoc in sociology of intergroup relations - Universität Bern
Universität Bern is looking for Postdoc in sociology of intergroup relations
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PLANS TO CUT NEAR 25% OF HASS ACADEMICS - BUT NEAR 25% OF ITS PAY COSTS ARISE FROM HIGHLY PAID MANAGERS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REDUNDANCIES In the last 5 yrs, the Exeter has been cutting costs to the bone while overseeing a vast increase in highly paid staff. [1/8]
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Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📢 NEW ENTY-LEVEL OPPORTUNITY 📢 This is a genuinely entry-level opportunity to work in the think tank sector, for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. We're proud to be part of this year's Policy Futures Programme, recruiting a Trainee Researcher. Apply ⬇️ www.smf.co.uk/new-opportun...
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New opportunity: Trainee Researcher - Social Market Foundation.
Research trainee opportunity with a think tank, as a participant in the Policy Futures Programme.
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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (focus on race, ethnicity, intersecting inequalities) @uomsociology.bsky.social 4 years from 1 Oct 2026, £42,254 p.a., full time Closing date: Weds 17 June 2026 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
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Nik Sunil Williams @nikwilliams.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The King's Speech is next month but there's still time to prod and push the gov to include an Anti-SLAPP commitment - that will mean parliamentary time will be given to this issue that already benefits from cross-party support. Here is a letter you can send to your MP - antislapp.uk/solutions/ta...
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Take Action
Join the movement calling for statutory anti-SLAPP protections to ensure we are all free to speak out.
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Nik Sunil Williams @nikwilliams.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SLAPPs are not abstract or technical legal measures they are abusive tactics that impact peoples' lives directly and aggressively. They need to be stopped and the Prime Minister has it in his power to take the first step antislapp.uk/2026/04/15/h... #StopSLAPPs
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Hear from the voices they tried to silence - Day of Action - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
This is a version of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition newsletter sent out earlier on 15 April as part of the Day of Action. If you would like to receive the newsletter add your details to the form at the b...
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Emma Ischinsky @emmaischinsky.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social! Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes. doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Naomi Crowther is the coauthor of a new WP on inheritance & gender disparities. In this interview, she discusses her findings, her current projects, and why she decided to earn a Ph.D. after working for international institutions.
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The Gender Wealth Gap, Forced Displacement, and Land Restitution: Naomi Crowther - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Naomi Crowther, an economist whose research focuses on topics such as gendered wealth inequality and the effects of forced displacement, discusses her recent working ...
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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New article out now with @clarestovell.bsky.social, which may be of interest to qualitative family researchers! 👇 We consider the idea of internal confidentiality in family research, and how we can protect participant confidentiality when interviewing more than one person in a couple or family.
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Journal of Family Theory & Review | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article draws attention to the ethical and methodological complexities of internal confidentiality in family research and provides field-specific recommendations. Conducting individual (rather t....
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The list of nominees for the 2026 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize has been announced. The prize is for the best first and sole-authored book within the discipline of Sociology tinyurl.com/4fw5bp5t #sociology
Image text relates to the list of nominees for the 2026 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, which has been announced
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OBELIS - Observatoire des élites suisses @obelitessuisses.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Registration for the summer school on "Elites, Power and Inequalities" is open until the 1st of April 2026!! See the program and all information here: www.unil.ch/unil/en/home...
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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 17/02/2026
While most people prefer equal inheritance, wealthy individuals are more willing to support unequal transfers when they help preserve wealth across generations ➡️ based on new experimental evidence now published with @natrinh.bsky.social and @dariatisch.bsky.social in @sfjournal.bsky.social
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Isabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Looking forward to our upcoming Workshop - co-organized by the German and Polish sections for economic sociology. Thank you to Sascha Münnich and the European New School for the initiative and for hostings us!
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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Exciting news, join us in Cambridge as Caius & Homerton are hiring for yet another Assistant/Associate Prof in Sociology🎉 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS875/a...
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Cambridge
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant/Associate Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Scholars threatened with libel action over their research into the UK’s links with Russian oligarchs are calling for new “anti-SLAPP” laws to help uphold academic freedom, reports @jgro-the.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom ow.ly/hxtw50YoEX8
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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Over 100 academics come together to call on the Prime Minister to introduce universal Anti-SLAPP provisions to protect academic freedom - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
103 academics wrote to the Prime Minister calling for him to protect academic freedom by stamping out SLAPPs.
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Katie Higgins @katiehiggins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
📢🎉The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, @sarahkunz.bsky.social and I coordinated a letter signed by 103 academics calling for universal anti-SLAPP provisions in the next King's Speech to protect academic freedoms. More info below:
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Alice Krozer @akroz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Out now: our paper on political elites *Governing Inequality* in Mexico, their tax perceptions & redistributive preferences 🤩💥 with brilliant Natalia Torres, Raymundo Campos and Aurora Ramírez 💖 you can read it here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TUSJ7...
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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
VACANCY: 2 x Lecturer in Sociology with a focus on... 1. 'race' & anti-racism 2. political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class) £42-58k, apply by 3 March. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-un...
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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Poll (phone and online) in Gorton & Denton by Omnisis, British Polling Council member, sample 452, all within margin of error Green 22% Reform 20% Labour 18% Others 9% (Excl “will not vote”) omnisis.co.uk/poll-result/...
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Constituency Polling for by-election in Gorton and Denton – Omnisis
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸
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Foreign Policy Centre @fpcthinktank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And for more on the work of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, which is co-chaired by FPC together with @indexoncensorship.org and @clidef.bsky.social see antislapp.uk and sign up to its newsletter for updates.
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Welcome - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition brings media organisations, lawyers, human rights defenders and other members of civil society together in solidarity with targets of SLAPPs
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Foreign Policy Centre @fpcthinktank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition was co-founded by our ED @skcoughtrie.bsky.social, in light of our 2020 research that pointed to the UK being the leading international source of legal threats against journalists investigating financial crime and corruption. For more info - fpc.org.uk/programmes/u...
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Unsafe for Scrutiny - The Foreign Policy Centre
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Foreign Policy Centre @fpcthinktank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
📢 Update: More than 160 editors, lawyers, academics, journalists, publishers and civil society representatives, have now called on Keir Starmer to bring forward anti-SLAPP measures in the next Kings Speech. antislapp.uk/2026/02/13/s...
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Support increases for anti-SLAPP protections being included in the King’s Speech - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
Over 160 signatories join call for anti-SLAPP provisions to be included in King’s Speech in May 2025.
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Franziska Wiest @franziskawiest.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I am happy to share that my article: Family Feelings: affective ties and the reproduction of wealth in super-rich families was among the five most read articles in Emotions and Society in 2025! @bupjournals.bsky.social Here you can access the collection:
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New Swingometer! With nominations now closed, and a few surprises in candidate selection, here's my first update on the Gorton & Denton by election. Also featuring a polling spat, dodgy bar charts, and Jason Momoa swingometer.substack.com/p/gorton-and...
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Gorton and Denton Update 1
There's somethin' happenin' here, what it is ain't exactly clear
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
These pieces by @robtoes.bsky.social are well worth reading
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 29/01/2026
❌ Wealth should not be able to be used to silence legitimate scrutiny. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) have been used to intimidate journalists and others for far too long. 👍 We strongly support calls for universal anti-SLAPP legislation. pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New Swingometer post now out - my look at the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking place down the road from me swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...
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The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Great new paper! A similar study in the U.K. is long overdue. A lot of elite employers in the U.K. have begun to take class background seriously, but universities remain woefully behind
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/01/2026
400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February
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OBELIS - Observatoire des élites suisses @obelitessuisses.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
From June 14th to 19th 2026 the 3rd edition of the summer school on "Elites, Power and Inequality" will take place at the University of Lausanne. Program and registration here: www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... Deadline is 1st April 2026.
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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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UCU Essex @ucuessex.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals. Please share widely.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
ASA member Cristobal Young (Cornell University) says data show that the rich generally stay put, countering warnings that millionaires would flee NYC if Mamdani were elected. @us.theconversation.com
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New York’s wealthy warn of a tax exodus after Mamdani’s win – but the data says otherwise
Research on millionaire migration reveals that social and professional ties matter far more than marginal tax rates.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Masters scholarships of £10,000 at Sussex: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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Sussex School for Progressive Futures Scholarships : University of Sussex
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Bryan Boyle @bryanboyle.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Mine and @dvandebroeck.bsky.social’s paper on ‘The Labor of Distinction’ is out now in ASR. Drawing from an ethnography that involved training and working as a butler, we tell a larger story about elites and inequality (1/18) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"It is important to emphasise that such groups ultimately lock in wealth, advantage and connections between their (predominantly male) class-advantaged members." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Therapy Culture for the Business Class: Exploring How CEO Peer Groups Make and Legitimate Elite Cohesion
In the current context of extreme economic inequality and rising concentrations of income and wealth at the top, the social processes through which elites restrict the wider population's access to re...
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Absolutely fantastic new paper from @katiehiggins.bsky.social "CEO peer groups reveal without a doubt that therapy culture has reached the top tiers of the business class. In fact, their version of self-help is in many ways more cooperative and less individualistic than the mainstream" but... 1/2
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology. 👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a... 👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Drawing on 41 semi-structured interviews with wealthy members of the business class living in and around Manchester, this paper explores how therapy culture has travelled upwards, to the executive and owning class, through CEO peer groups. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/3nhvM3M
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Hanna Kuusela @hannakuu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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From the figure of the obscene rich to the fantasy of its destruction: on Succession, schadenfreude and the godlike power of the super-rich on screen
A significant part of contemporary popular culture portrays the rich as obscene, self-destructive, addicted and deranged. This article analyses the affective intensities circulating around this tro...
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