Comments on: Acquisitions http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48316 Alan Allport Sat, 05 May 2007 13:09:28 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48316 The Hunt article is probably the most useful of all, as it's a summary and critique of all the theoretical work that's been done on moral panic since Cohen. The Hunt article is probably the most useful of all, as it’s a summary and critique of all the theoretical work that’s been done on moral panic since Cohen.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48315 Brett Holman Sat, 05 May 2007 13:00:39 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48315 Thanks again -- got Goode & Ben-Yehuda but didn't know the second one. Thanks again — got Goode & Ben-Yehuda but didn’t know the second one.

]]> By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48312 Alan Allport Sat, 05 May 2007 10:33:06 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48312 Also, on the theory of moral panic: Erich Goode & Nachman Ben-Yehuda, <i>Moral Panic: The Social Constructions of Deviance.</i> 1994 Arnold Hunt, “‘Moral Panic’ and Moral Language in the Media,” <i>British Journal of Sociology</i> 48:4 (1997). Also, on the theory of moral panic:

Erich Goode & Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Moral Panic: The Social Constructions of Deviance. 1994

Arnold Hunt, “‘Moral Panic’ and Moral Language in the Media,” British Journal of Sociology 48:4 (1997).

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48303 Brett Holman Sat, 05 May 2007 05:44:48 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48303 McKibbin: I suppose ... but I <em>like</em> reading big thick books cover to cover, if they're interesting! Bourke: thanks, already got it! Cohen: yes, the theory is exactly what I'm interested in. Dowding: indeed, and his interest in spiritualism predated his interest in UFOs. This is what his Wikipedia entry has on the subject: <blockquote>In his retirement Dowding became actively interested in spiritualism, both as a writer and speaker. His first book on the subject, Many Mansions, was written in 1943, followed by Lychgate (1945), The Dark Star and God's Magic. Rejecting conventional Christianity he joined the Theosophical Society which advocated belief in reincarnation. He insisted to his friend Lord Beaverbrook that he had been the leader of a Mongol tribe in a previous life. He also espoused the cause of animal welfare. An evangelist with a belief in life after death he wrote in Lychgate of meeting dead 'RAF boys' in his sleep -- spirits who flew fighters from mountain-top runways made of light. One of his former pilots was to comment years later: "at that stage we thought Stuffy had gone a bit ga ga".</blockquote> Really, I can't see why they would think that ... McKibbin: I suppose … but I like reading big thick books cover to cover, if they’re interesting!

Bourke: thanks, already got it!

Cohen: yes, the theory is exactly what I’m interested in.

Dowding: indeed, and his interest in spiritualism predated his interest in UFOs. This is what his Wikipedia entry has on the subject:

In his retirement Dowding became actively interested in spiritualism, both as a writer and speaker. His first book on the subject, Many Mansions, was written in 1943, followed by Lychgate (1945), The Dark Star and God’s Magic. Rejecting conventional Christianity he joined the Theosophical Society which advocated belief in reincarnation. He insisted to his friend Lord Beaverbrook that he had been the leader of a Mongol tribe in a previous life. He also espoused the cause of animal welfare. An evangelist with a belief in life after death he wrote in Lychgate of meeting dead ‘RAF boys’ in his sleep — spirits who flew fighters from mountain-top runways made of light. One of his former pilots was to comment years later: “at that stage we thought Stuffy had gone a bit ga ga”.

Really, I can’t see why they would think that …

]]> By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48265 Alan Allport Fri, 04 May 2007 15:03:59 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/04/acquisitions-49/#comment-48265 McKibbin is essential, though probably too thick to wade through from start to finish. Read in excerpts as you need it. Another good book to accompany this is Joanna Bourke's <i>Working-Class Cultures in Britain 1890-1960.</i> Cohen is important for theory. Most of the material in Folk Devils is too chronologically late for you, I would think. ISTR that Dowding was a bit of a nutter when off duty - prone to extensive musings on spiritualism and what-not. McKibbin is essential, though probably too thick to wade through from start to finish. Read in excerpts as you need it. Another good book to accompany this is Joanna Bourke’s Working-Class Cultures in Britain 1890-1960.

Cohen is important for theory. Most of the material in Folk Devils is too chronologically late for you, I would think.

ISTR that Dowding was a bit of a nutter when off duty - prone to extensive musings on spiritualism and what-not.

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