SELF ESTEEM:
‘Improving self-esteem’ is now one of the fundamental aims of almost all social policy but what does the phrase mean?Ìý Dictionaries disagree but that hasn’t stopped emotional education edging its way onto the national curriculum and therapeutic entrepreneurs extending their reach into many aspects of the way we live.
Laurie Taylor discusses the apparent growing importance of self-esteem with , Professor in Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury, who has been examining the spread of a concept which he believes has worryingly authoritarian implications.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
With anti-war demonstrations being organised around the world this Saturday, Thinking Allowed offers a nuts and bolts guide to demonstrating, past and present. Who goes to demonstrations and why?Ìý And do they and their reasons vary from country to country?
Laurie Taylor asks for answers from , Professor of Political Science and Director of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the European University Institute in Florence and Dr , an expert in group behaviour at the University of St Andrews University and joint editor of The British Journal of Social Psychology.
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