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The Sociology of Rudeness

Jim Riley

24th November 2010

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From Thinking Allowed Laurie Taylor talks with an American academic - Philip Smith of Yale University - who has looked into why people are rude in public. Smith seems keen on Durkheim, so that should provide a fair clue as to how he sets about explaining the conditions under which some of us may feel it is OK to be rude in public.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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