CRIM20004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Solipsism, F.E.A.R., Herbert Blumer
27 Jul 2018
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Individual experience and its relation to collective meaning. For(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g ho(cid:449) realit(cid:455) is (cid:272)o(cid:374)stituted as "so(cid:272)iall(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ted: all critique/challenge "common sense" Interested in why people want to harm others. Did it (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) felt the(cid:455) had (cid:374)o other (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e re(cid:373)oves agency. Seductions and repulsions of crime: crime is both seductive and repulsive, people both drawn to offending and repulsed by it. Seduction/repulsion is common to all not just those who offend. Sedu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) is (cid:272)e(cid:374)tral to (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour sedu(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al highs (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h leads to inevitable conclusions. Shoplifter: calls it righteous slaughter, victim is being asked to be killed in the mind of the offender. "s(cid:374)eak(cid:455) thrills" of the shoplifter e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al rush. Street offending: people see themselves as above others, the "badass" and street elites" Criticisms: heavily criticised because he downplays/disregards structural notions, only looks at agency of perpetrator. Focus only on the "micro" not broader context.
