Reading List
Tom Shakespeare
Sociologist and Bioethicist
Tom Shakespeare is a British sociologist and bioethicist who writes about disability rights, genetics and ethics. He has achondroplasia, and his own experience runs through his research. After a PhD in sociology at Cambridge he taught and researched at several British universities and worked as a consultant on disability for the World Health Organization. His books include The Sexual Politics of Disability, Genetic Politics and Disability Rights and Wrongs, which argues that people are disabled both by society and by their bodies. He has also published two novels.
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Stigma
Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
by Erving Goffman
“And what is so interesting about Goffman is that he does what sociologists should do, which is to watch and to talk to people.” — via Interview, February 2010
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Pride Against Prejudice
by Jenny Morris
“And Jenny’s book really did that and I just read it and thought, Yes this is it, this is exactly what I am trying to say.” — via Interview, February 2010
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Telling Sexual Stories
by Ken Plummer
“And, as I tried to think through the methodology of doing this book and think about sexuality, Ken Plummer’s book was really helpful. He talks about sexual identity in terms of stories we tell ourselves and share with others. Identity is all about finding the right story for yourself and your experience.” — via Interview, February 2010
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Postmodern Ethics
by Zygmunt Bauman
“I am very interested in the question of how to live virtuously and I think sociologists sometimes shy away from that issue. Postmodern Ethics is a sociologist battling with this issue.” — via Interview, February 2010
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On Materialism
by Sebastiano Timpanaro
“Early on in my career I read this book and it struck a chord with me and ever since then I have always wanted to understand biology as part of what makes us.” — via Interview, February 2010
