Stuart Hall, Conjunctural Analysis and Cultural Criminology: A Missed Moment (Palgrave Pioneers in Criminology)

Preface
Acknowledgements
Praise for Stuart Hall, Conjunctural Analysis and Cultural Criminology
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1 Introduction and Overview
	Chapter by Chapter Overview
	References
Part I Stuart Hall and Conjunctural Analysis
2 Conjunctural Analysis Part One: From Early Political Writings to Resistance Through Rituals
	What Is a Conjuncture?
	What Is Conjunctural Analysis?
	RTR and PTC: Different Sides of the Same Conjunctural Coin
	References
3 Conjunctural Analysis Part Two: The Case of Policing the Crisis
	A Short Detour via Marx
	PTC Part I: From Particular ‘Mugging’ Trials to the Determinations of an Over-Reaction
	Part II: From the Reception of Media Messages to the Determinations of Ideologies of Crime and Punishment
	Part III: From Moral Panics to the Determinations of a Crisis of Hegemony
	Part IV: From the Lives of Black Youths to the Determinations of the Politics of Mugging
	Conclusion
	References
Part II Cultural Criminology, Theorising and Stuart Hall
4 Cultural Criminology Part One: The Problems with a Theory-Driven Methodology
	An Overview of the Cultural Criminology Project
	City Limits and the Limitations of Theory
	‘Merton with Energy, Katz with Structure’: An Imaginary Synthesis
	Summary and Conclusion
	References
5 Cultural Criminology Part Two: Ethnography, Carnival and the Need for Critique
	A Tale of Two Ethnographies
		A Traditional Ethnography: Carl Nightingale’s On the Edge
		A Cultural Criminology Ethnography: Jeff Ferrell’s Tearing Down the Streets
	Comparing the Ethnographies in Their Own Terms
		The Question of Attentiveness
		Data and Theory
	Comparing Ethnographies in Terms of their Relationship to Conjunctural Analysis
	Comparing a Conjunctural and a Cultural Criminological Approach to Carnival
		A Conjunctural Approach to Carnival: Stallybrass and White’s The Politics and Poetics of Transgression
		A Cultural Criminological Approach to Carnival: Mike Presdee’s Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime
		Summarising the Differences Between the Two Approaches
	Cultural Criminology and Conjunctural Analysis: A Summary Conclusion
	References
6 Hall’s Theorising: The Importance of a Principled Eclecticism
	Principle 1: A Historically Materialist Starting Point and Problematic
	Principle 2: A Dialogic Approach to Critique
	Principle 3: A Complex Understanding of Social Relations
		Relative Autonomy and the Effectivity of the Superstructures
		The Role of Language and the Discursive Turn
		Identity and Articulation
	Summary and Conclusion
	References
Part III Conjunctural Analysis Today: Brexit, Trump and the Politics of Difference
7 Race, Immigration and the Politics of Difference
	New Ethnicities, New Identities
	The Multicultural Question and the Politics of Difference
	References
8 The Brexit Conjuncture Part One:  The Referendum Result and How  We Got to 9/11
	The 2016 Referendum Results
	Critiquing a Common Sense Understanding of Brexit
	Building a Better Analysis: Getting Started
		The Media and Expertise
		The Geography and Demography of the Leave Vote
	From Phenomenon to Explanation: Beginning the Analysis
	Deepening the Analysis: How We Got There
	References
9 The Brexit Conjuncture Part Two: From 9/11 to the 2016 Referendum
	But How Has It Been for the Middle Classes?
	From New Labour to the Coalition Government, 2010
	From the Coalition Government to 2016
	Immigration, Racism and Xenophobia
	The Brexit Conjuncture: What Kind of ‘Moment’?
	References
10 Conclusion: From Policing the Crisis to Trump, and Beyond
	The Politics of Populism: Is a Left Populism Possible?
	Authoritarian Populism and the Authoritarian State: Complementary Poles
	Ideal Types or Conjunctural Analysis: The Importance of Contradictions
	After Trump: Climate Change, the Refugee Crisis, Black Lives Matter and the Covid Pandemic
	Coming to an End, for the Moment
	References
Part IV Coda
11 Hall, Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Populist Anger
	Why Is It Difficult to Think About Anger in Relation to the Conjuncture?
	Why Did Hall Find Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial Difficult to Work with?
	Why Have Psychoanalytic Attempts at a General Theory Been ‘Largely Unsuccessful’?
		Barry Richards’ Psychosocial Approach to Populist Anger
	How Might Psychoanalysis Focusing ‘on Its Own Object’ Provide a Way Forward?
		Melanie Klein, Object Relations and Anxiety
		Jessica Benjamin, the Oedipal Complex and Masculinity
	So, Where Does All This Leave Us, Politically?
	References
Index