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Making the "left behind" as a subject of crisis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jan Dobbernack

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Abstract

Working through the narrative construction of the “left behind”, the paper explores how groups become visible as subjects of crisis, with reference to material conditions, attitudinal disposition and moral outlook. It suggests that crisis provides a panoramic vision that is crucial for understanding how authors delineate “left behind” subjectivity, suggest relational dispositions and put audiences and spectators into the frame. Considering book-length titles and policy proposals, the paper examines contributions to a body of work that speaks on behalf of populations and makes them subject of social-diagnostic, moral and political evaluation. It argues that this type of image-making renders “left behind” constituencies visible as subjects of resentment but without history, self-authorship and depth. With this focus, the paper adds a critical perspective to the study of crises at a point when their permanence and multiplication challenges existing frameworks.crisis, social theory, “left behind”, “white working class”

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Author(s): Dobbernack J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: The Sociological Review

Year: 2024

Volume: 72

Issue: 2

Pages: 258-275

Print publication date: 01/03/2024

Online publication date: 19/07/2023

Acceptance date: 11/06/2023

Date deposited: 12/06/2023

ISSN (print): 0038-0261

ISSN (electronic): 1467-954X

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231186021

DOI: 10.1177/00380261231186021

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