Les Back
Les Back is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. He has written and edited numerous books on race, music and multiculturalism, the most recent of which, The Art of Listening, was published by Berg in 2007.
Articles by Les Back
Book review: Placeless People
Lyndsey Stonebridge's book about displacement attempts to find words to articulate the horror of being without a home.
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The sociologist on holiday
Les Back has some suggestions of which books not to take on vacation
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The listeners
Les Back on the ordinary virtues of paying attention
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Remarkable things
How should sociology respond to a globalised world? Les Back recommends a return to the link between individual stories and the bigger picture
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