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Making Sense of Moral PanicsConclusions and Conjectures

Making Sense of Moral Panics: Conclusions and Conjectures [Overviews the general argument of the book and reflects on the efficacy of the research framework proposed. Several connections between moral panic and social theory, drawn from the features of killer kids and gangster guns, are also proposed. It is argued that moral panic might emerge in relation to a ‘festivity of performance’, where images of deviants are displayed so that we can judge them and they can be shamed; as a set of exclusionary processes that emerge when racializing discourses are afforded a particular authority by the state; as ‘flashpoints’ at which a set of appetites for security collide; as moments when performances of social identification are questioned; and as risk assignment processes. These are but a few examples of possible connections that might be forged between the panic concept and social theory.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-61820-3
Pages
183 –196
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-61821-0_8
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Abstract

[Overviews the general argument of the book and reflects on the efficacy of the research framework proposed. Several connections between moral panic and social theory, drawn from the features of killer kids and gangster guns, are also proposed. It is argued that moral panic might emerge in relation to a ‘festivity of performance’, where images of deviants are displayed so that we can judge them and they can be shamed; as a set of exclusionary processes that emerge when racializing discourses are afforded a particular authority by the state; as ‘flashpoints’ at which a set of appetites for security collide; as moments when performances of social identification are questioned; and as risk assignment processes. These are but a few examples of possible connections that might be forged between the panic concept and social theory.]

Published: Oct 7, 2017

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