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The Anomalous Beasts: Hooligans and the Sociology of Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2000

Sara Delamont
Sara Delamont
Affiliation:
SOCSI, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT, UK
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Abstract

This paper argues that the subspecialism of sociology of education has, for a century, been ambivalent about the ‘hooligan’. It has both celebrated and excoriated the anti-school working-class boy. Similarly, the mainstream of sociology has been ambivalent about sociologists of education, both relying on them and ignoring them. Thirdly, the paper speculates on the position of hooligans in Britain in 2025 and the relationship between mainstream sociology and the sociology of education in that year.

Keywords

abominationsanomaliesanti-heroeducationGrand Narrativehooligans
Type
Research Article
Information
Sociology , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 95 - 111
Copyright
© 2000 BSA Publications Ltd

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