Magne P. Flemmen
@magneflemmen.bsky.social
Sociology prof at University of Oslo. Class, culture, politics, theory. Member of The European Center for the Study of Culture & Inequality. Associate editor, European Societies. Editorial board of ASR. Frank Parkin Appreciation Society.
Backing this up: environmentalism is strongly tied to cultural taste that signal this anti-materialism. Control for taste, and much of the link between cultural capital and green views disappears.
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Backing this up: environmentalism is strongly tied to cultural taste that signal this anti-materialism. Control for taste, and much of the link between cultural capital and green views disappears.
Against theories of “ecological distinction,” I argue that pro-green views aren’t just about standing out from the less privileged – they’re also a distancing from, nor negaiton of, economic capital and its values.
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Against theories of “ecological distinction,” I argue that pro-green views aren’t just about standing out from the less privileged – they’re also a distancing from, nor negaiton of, economic capital and its values.
Against the idea of a “politics of prosperity,” I show that it’s not the most affluent who go green – but those rich in cultural capital.
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Against the idea of a “politics of prosperity,” I show that it’s not the most affluent who go green – but those rich in cultural capital.
Why is environmentalism class divided?
My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.
🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231
My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.
🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why is environmentalism class divided?
My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.
🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231
My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.
🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231
On a more serious note, the inequality and class politics workshop at #ecprjs25 was amazing. So many brilliant papers and excellent comments from fellow participants. Thanks so much to @mabreyer.bsky.social and @peterla.bsky.social for making it happen and letting @noracwe.bsky.social and me join
May 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
On a more serious note, the inequality and class politics workshop at #ecprjs25 was amazing. So many brilliant papers and excellent comments from fellow participants. Thanks so much to @mabreyer.bsky.social and @peterla.bsky.social for making it happen and letting @noracwe.bsky.social and me join
"What is his evidence? Incomprehensible diagrams" -Stanley Lieberson about Bourdieu
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"What is his evidence? Incomprehensible diagrams" -Stanley Lieberson about Bourdieu
Super excited to present my paper on how political issue priorities have shifted in social space over the past ~25 years. Features graphs like this. (Starry sky background because @enlar.bsky.social said these plots look like constellations).
May 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Super excited to present my paper on how political issue priorities have shifted in social space over the past ~25 years. Features graphs like this. (Starry sky background because @enlar.bsky.social said these plots look like constellations).
You know it’s about to get real when this slide comes up: Jan Fredrik Hovden on social space and psychological traits.
#britsoc25 @bernardlahire.bsky.social
#britsoc25 @bernardlahire.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You know it’s about to get real when this slide comes up: Jan Fredrik Hovden on social space and psychological traits.
#britsoc25 @bernardlahire.bsky.social
#britsoc25 @bernardlahire.bsky.social
Thank you! The first graph only displays the issues that move the most in social space in that period. There are other issues that are more distinctive of the lower left, but they don’t change as much. You can get an idea from this graph.
January 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you! The first graph only displays the issues that move the most in social space in that period. There are other issues that are more distinctive of the lower left, but they don’t change as much. You can get an idea from this graph.
Will I see you at the British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social conference? Presenting a new paper on the changing relationship between socio-political preferences and social space over a quarter of a century. Might include graphs like this one! #britsoc25 #sociology #class #politics
January 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Will I see you at the British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social conference? Presenting a new paper on the changing relationship between socio-political preferences and social space over a quarter of a century. Might include graphs like this one! #britsoc25 #sociology #class #politics
Just put this picture on my office wall, inspired by this quote by Lahire from his Les structures fondamentales des sociétés humaines:
Social life in general, and academic institutions in particular, know how to constantly divert us
Social life in general, and academic institutions in particular, know how to constantly divert us
January 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just put this picture on my office wall, inspired by this quote by Lahire from his Les structures fondamentales des sociétés humaines:
Social life in general, and academic institutions in particular, know how to constantly divert us
Social life in general, and academic institutions in particular, know how to constantly divert us
Do not buy into this false opposition!
December 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Do not buy into this false opposition!
🚨 Last call! 🚨
PhD course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in Oslo, 13–16 January 2025.
Learn this fascinating technique for structural & relational analysis. No prior knowledge required! 🧑🎓
🗓️ Application deadline: Monday
👉 Please repost to spread the word!
PhD course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in Oslo, 13–16 January 2025.
Learn this fascinating technique for structural & relational analysis. No prior knowledge required! 🧑🎓
🗓️ Application deadline: Monday
👉 Please repost to spread the word!
December 12, 2024 at 12:04 PM
🚨 Last call! 🚨
PhD course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in Oslo, 13–16 January 2025.
Learn this fascinating technique for structural & relational analysis. No prior knowledge required! 🧑🎓
🗓️ Application deadline: Monday
👉 Please repost to spread the word!
PhD course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in Oslo, 13–16 January 2025.
Learn this fascinating technique for structural & relational analysis. No prior knowledge required! 🧑🎓
🗓️ Application deadline: Monday
👉 Please repost to spread the word!
From today’s spam. Wrong type of structure, sir.
December 10, 2024 at 10:22 AM
From today’s spam. Wrong type of structure, sir.
And that, my friend, is part of the reason why you should come to Oslo and learn Multiple Correspondence Analysis in January. But hurry up — the deadline is approaching at a relentless pace! www.uio.no/studier/emne...
December 8, 2024 at 8:45 PM
And that, my friend, is part of the reason why you should come to Oslo and learn Multiple Correspondence Analysis in January. But hurry up — the deadline is approaching at a relentless pace! www.uio.no/studier/emne...
December 3, 2024 at 7:50 AM
PhD-course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis, in Oslo January 13-16 2025! Come learn the technique from renowned expert Johs. Hjellbrekke, shooting star @marentoft.bsky.social, and yours truly. www.uio.no/studier/emne...
November 19, 2024 at 10:43 AM
PhD-course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis, in Oslo January 13-16 2025! Come learn the technique from renowned expert Johs. Hjellbrekke, shooting star @marentoft.bsky.social, and yours truly. www.uio.no/studier/emne...
Anyway. This one of the doper monikers I’ve seen for a while
November 15, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Anyway. This one of the doper monikers I’ve seen for a while
I’ve struggled so much with Giddens’ Central Problems in Social Theory that I was honestly relieved to see a strongly Giddensian author like Ira Cohen be so blunt about it: the discussion of (French) structuralism is so hard to follow, you’d much prefer to avoid it.
October 27, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I’ve struggled so much with Giddens’ Central Problems in Social Theory that I was honestly relieved to see a strongly Giddensian author like Ira Cohen be so blunt about it: the discussion of (French) structuralism is so hard to follow, you’d much prefer to avoid it.
We’re organising a PhD course on Multiple correspondence analysis in Oslo in January, 13-16. Taught by Johs Hjellbrekke, @marentoft.bsky.social and yours truly. Will officially be announced in a month, but now you know. Spread the word and keep watching this space for more info!
October 15, 2024 at 2:39 PM
We’re organising a PhD course on Multiple correspondence analysis in Oslo in January, 13-16. Taught by Johs Hjellbrekke, @marentoft.bsky.social and yours truly. Will officially be announced in a month, but now you know. Spread the word and keep watching this space for more info!
Just published: Class - An Introduction. It's written as a textbook, but contains a lot of new data. It's in Norwegian, but if you're curious about how Jørn Ljunggren and I would introduce class, here's a thread
August 24, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Just published: Class - An Introduction. It's written as a textbook, but contains a lot of new data. It's in Norwegian, but if you're curious about how Jørn Ljunggren and I would introduce class, here's a thread