Stigma

Tyler's account of stigma as one means among many of upholding the neoliberal social order is a revelation. Tyler takes an old idea and reconceptualises it for our own times, providing cogent analyses of classed, gendered and racialised stigmas which seek to legitimise increasingly punitive neoliber......more

There's a couple of sections in this - the part on the border and the part on austerity - that are really strong. The conception of stigma as a physical machine is really interesting though, I wish its origins hadn't only been revealed in the final pages.......more

Brilliantly constructed. An essential read that broadens the lens around stigma, inequity and inequality offering a historical account of stigma and power.......more

One of the best books I’ve read this year. Well written and very accessible. A book I will return to again I’m sure.......more

Fantastic analysis of how stigma has been used to separate people and engrain inequality over many centuries.......more