For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains
I have been studying the realm of “comic-con culture” and found that many dedicated fans describe something sacred about ...
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The ‘discovery’ of suicide in Africa
Prominent in this literature have been the ideas of the nineteenth century sociologist, Emile Durkheim, who argued that suicide increased with industrialisation and urbanisation as individuals ...
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For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains
Advertisement A popular starting point is French sociologist Emile Durkheim and his 1912 treatise, “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.” One of Durkheim’s most enduring legacies is how ...