A Further Inquiry

A Further Inquiry

Cancellation and Class: Part 1

Cancel culture as social theory.

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Collin May
Jun 20, 2024
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Introduction

In a series of essays to be published later this year, I analyze the psychology of cancel culture from the perspective of the three parties engaged in a cancellation event. Using Professor Luke Sheahan’s treatment of cancellations as a “degradation ceremony” enacted by a “revolutionary community”, I employ his tripartite division of perpetra…

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