This course will examine how the fragmentary and flexible capitalism of our time is producing new forms of social inequalities, emotional traumas, commodified cultural practices and forcing individuals to engage in endless self-enhancement to cope with an unstable and hyper-competitive social world.

Antirequisite(s): Sociology 3327F/G if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17.

Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year standing in a Sociology or Criminology module.

Extra Information: 3 hours.