
Stigma — Identity, Normalcy, and Social Control (Audio)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine thesystems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores Stigma by Erving Goffman as asystems-level examination of how societies manage difference through everydayinteraction.
By analyzing visibility, secrecy, and labeling, the bookreveals how identity is negotiated under observation — and why stigma persistseven when openly condemned. The episode focuses on structure, not morality.
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