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" How outlaws win friends and influence people / "
Tereza Kuldova.
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BL
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861340
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Kuldova, Tereza
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How outlaws win friends and influence people /\ Tereza Kuldova.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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1 online resource
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3030152065
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: 9783030152062
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9783030152055
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prologue; 1 Outlaws and Supporters; Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: From Rebels to Entrepreneurs; What This Book Is Not About; Feminine Advantage: A Digression on Method; Lack and the Criminogenic Features of Neoliberalism; References; 2 Sublime and Power; No Sublime Experience Without 'Safe' Distance; On the Fantasy of Savage Bikers as Sovereign 'Sacred Monsters'; The Sublime Experience of Self-Negation; Identification and Transformation; References; 3 Sovereignty and the Political; 'It Sucks When They Shout "You Nazi!", but Still ... '
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How Violent Acts Create Heartwarming FeelingsSymbolic Death and Rebirth: Therapy Culture to Honor Culture; Charitable Giving, Legitimization, and a 'Heart in the Right Place'; References; Epilogue; References; Index
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Self-Harming and Melancholia Under NeoliberalismTransgression and Sovereignty; Riding and (the Threat of) Death; Riding in a Pack, Killing and Sovereign Manhood; Neoliberal State and the Appeal of Non-state Sovereign Actors; Conspiracy Theories, Paranoia and the Search for Sovereignty; References; 4 Sacred Order and Symbolic Immortality; On the Desire for Sacred Order and the Function of the Sacred Patch; On the Paradoxical Relation of the Sacred and the Commodified; Defending the Sacred Against Dilution, Mockery, and Prohibitions; References; 5 Solidarity and Sacrifice
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This book asks a critical question for our times: why do people today, in increasing numbers, support, admire and aspire to be outlaws? Outlaw motorcycle clubs have grown, spread and matured. Popular culture glamorizes them; law enforcement agencies fight them; the media vilify them. Meanwhile, wealthiest in our society exploit the current cultural and economic climate to attract new members. How Outlaws Win Friends and Influence People argues that the growth of these anti-establishment groups under neo-liberalism is not coincidental, but inevitable. What needs and desires do the clubs satisfy? How do they win support and influence? This book seeks to answer this crucial question, the answers to which will help policy makers and activists successfully fight the social harms caused by these groups, as well as the harms that underlie their proliferation. Unless we understand the cultural dynamic at play, our fight against these organizations will always take the form of a battle against the mythological Hydra: when one head is cut off, two more grow. --
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Motorcycle gangs.
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Outlaws-- Social aspects.
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Motorcycle gangs.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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364.106
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HV6441
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