D R Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 20497 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D R Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | D R |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1004-9487 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Transference is love: Love and the logical impossibility of collective life in Lacan and Simmel
This article argues that Freud’s concept of ‘transference-love’ – the phenomenon where patients fall in love with their psychoanalysts – could become the basis for a theory of collective life. Freud’s radical claim that transference-love, despite its immoral appearance, is real love is situated in relation to the problems facing the sociology of romantic love: modern couples are problematised for being unable to provide a normative foundation for…
The sad clown paradox: A theory of comic transcendence
One prevailing cultural sensibility of our time is a concern with the state of our mental health, another is our obligation and desire for a good ‘sense of humour’. At present the two are conflated, most often through a long-standing cultural trope: the sad clown paradox – those who make us laugh the most tend to be the most prone to mental health problems. This article views the ‘sad clown paradox’ as less about the peculiarity or exceptional st…
The Joke-Secret and an Ethics of Modern Individuality: From Freud to Simmel
Why has comedy become one of our most abiding ethical preoccupations as well as a dominant mode of political critique? It is suggested that comedy appeals to contemporary persons because it provides an apt social-aesthetic form through which to face up to living with others at a time when it is hard to bear others or otherness. The article outlines an ethics of modern individuality by developing a theory of comedy as more about building social bo…
Stand-up comedy and the comedic cult of the individual: Or, the humor of James Acaster
Dear British criminology: Where has all the race and racism gone
In this article we use Emirbayer and Desmond’s institutional reflexivity framework to critically examine the production of racial knowledge in British criminology. Identifying weakness, neglect and marginalization in theorizing race and racism, we focus principally on the disciplinary unconscious element of their three-tier framework, identifying and interrogating aspects of criminology’s ‘obligatory problematics’, ‘habits of thought’ and ‘positi…
The Jack Wills crowd: Towards a Sociology of an Elite Subculture
British sociologists have long been interested in youth sub-cultures. However British sociologists have tended to focus on working class subcultures and avoided engagement with exclusive sub-cultures of elite social groups. This article seeks to attend to this gap by examining the subculture of a British elite: ex-public school students at select universities in the UK in the twenty-first century. This group consists of a relatively small group o…
Charlie is so 'English'-like: Nationality and the branded celebrity person in the age of YouTube
The YouTube celebrity is a novel social phenomenon. YouTube celebrities have implications for the social and cultural study of celebrity more generally, but in order to illustrate the features of vlogging celebrity and its wider dimensions this article focuses upon one case study – Charlie McDonnell and his video ‘How to be English’. The premise of YouTube – ‘Broadcast yourself’ – begs the question ‘but what self?’. The article argues that the Yo…
The Home Advantage Revisited: Winning and Crowd Support in an Era of National Publics
Home teams win over 50% of sporting contests. The sociological appeal of this is the assumption that home advantages are partly the result of the support fans provide, with the collective inspiring teams to performances above normal achievements. Recent changes in professional sports suggest that home support may not be as strong as once expected as structural conditions producing the home advantage have shifted. Distancing of players from fans v…
Dear British criminology: Where has all the race and racism gone
In this article we use Emirbayer and Desmond’s institutional reflexivity framework to critically examine the production of racial knowledge in British criminology. Identifying weakness, neglect and marginalization in theorizing race and racism, we focus principally on the disciplinary unconscious element of their three-tier framework, identifying and interrogating aspects of criminology’s ‘obligatory problematics’, ‘habits of thought’ and ‘positi…
Charlie is so 'English'-like: Nationality and the branded celebrity person in the age of YouTube
The YouTube celebrity is a novel social phenomenon. YouTube celebrities have implications for the social and cultural study of celebrity more generally, but in order to illustrate the features of vlogging celebrity and its wider dimensions this article focuses upon one case study – Charlie McDonnell and his video ‘How to be English’. The premise of YouTube – ‘Broadcast yourself’ – begs the question ‘but what self?’. The article argues that the Yo…
The Joke-Secret and an Ethics of Modern Individuality: From Freud to Simmel
Why has comedy become one of our most abiding ethical preoccupations as well as a dominant mode of political critique? It is suggested that comedy appeals to contemporary persons because it provides an apt social-aesthetic form through which to face up to living with others at a time when it is hard to bear others or otherness. The article outlines an ethics of modern individuality by developing a theory of comedy as more about building social bo…
Stand-up comedy and the comedic cult of the individual: Or, the humor of James Acaster
The Home Advantage Revisited: Winning and Crowd Support in an Era of National Publics
Home teams win over 50% of sporting contests. The sociological appeal of this is the assumption that home advantages are partly the result of the support fans provide, with the collective inspiring teams to performances above normal achievements. Recent changes in professional sports suggest that home support may not be as strong as once expected as structural conditions producing the home advantage have shifted. Distancing of players from fans v…
The Jack Wills crowd: Towards a Sociology of an Elite Subculture
British sociologists have long been interested in youth sub-cultures. However British sociologists have tended to focus on working class subcultures and avoided engagement with exclusive sub-cultures of elite social groups. This article seeks to attend to this gap by examining the subculture of a British elite: ex-public school students at select universities in the UK in the twenty-first century. This group consists of a relatively small group o…
The sad clown paradox: A theory of comic transcendence
One prevailing cultural sensibility of our time is a concern with the state of our mental health, another is our obligation and desire for a good ‘sense of humour’. At present the two are conflated, most often through a long-standing cultural trope: the sad clown paradox – those who make us laugh the most tend to be the most prone to mental health problems. This article views the ‘sad clown paradox’ as less about the peculiarity or exceptional st…
The Home Advantage Revisited: Winning and Crowd Support in an Era of National Publics
Home teams win over 50% of sporting contests. The sociological appeal of this is the assumption that home advantages are partly the result of the support fans provide, with the collective inspiring teams to performances above normal achievements. Recent changes in professional sports suggest that home support may not be as strong as once expected as structural conditions producing the home advantage have shifted. Distancing of players from fans v…
Charlie is so 'English'-like: Nationality and the branded celebrity person in the age of YouTube
The YouTube celebrity is a novel social phenomenon. YouTube celebrities have implications for the social and cultural study of celebrity more generally, but in order to illustrate the features of vlogging celebrity and its wider dimensions this article focuses upon one case study – Charlie McDonnell and his video ‘How to be English’. The premise of YouTube – ‘Broadcast yourself’ – begs the question ‘but what self?’. The article argues that the Yo…
The Jack Wills crowd: Towards a Sociology of an Elite Subculture
British sociologists have long been interested in youth sub-cultures. However British sociologists have tended to focus on working class subcultures and avoided engagement with exclusive sub-cultures of elite social groups. This article seeks to attend to this gap by examining the subculture of a British elite: ex-public school students at select universities in the UK in the twenty-first century. This group consists of a relatively small group o…
Stand-up comedy and the comedic cult of the individual: Or, the humor of James Acaster
Dear British criminology: Where has all the race and racism gone
In this article we use Emirbayer and Desmond’s institutional reflexivity framework to critically examine the production of racial knowledge in British criminology. Identifying weakness, neglect and marginalization in theorizing race and racism, we focus principally on the disciplinary unconscious element of their three-tier framework, identifying and interrogating aspects of criminology’s ‘obligatory problematics’, ‘habits of thought’ and ‘positi…
The Joke-Secret and an Ethics of Modern Individuality: From Freud to Simmel
Why has comedy become one of our most abiding ethical preoccupations as well as a dominant mode of political critique? It is suggested that comedy appeals to contemporary persons because it provides an apt social-aesthetic form through which to face up to living with others at a time when it is hard to bear others or otherness. The article outlines an ethics of modern individuality by developing a theory of comedy as more about building social bo…
The sad clown paradox: A theory of comic transcendence
One prevailing cultural sensibility of our time is a concern with the state of our mental health, another is our obligation and desire for a good ‘sense of humour’. At present the two are conflated, most often through a long-standing cultural trope: the sad clown paradox – those who make us laugh the most tend to be the most prone to mental health problems. This article views the ‘sad clown paradox’ as less about the peculiarity or exceptional st…
Transference is love: Love and the logical impossibility of collective life in Lacan and Simmel
This article argues that Freud’s concept of ‘transference-love’ – the phenomenon where patients fall in love with their psychoanalysts – could become the basis for a theory of collective life. Freud’s radical claim that transference-love, despite its immoral appearance, is real love is situated in relation to the problems facing the sociology of romantic love: modern couples are problematised for being unable to provide a normative foundation for…
Sociology (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Comedy (3 works)