https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/categories/sociology/Recent content in Sociology on MarginaliaHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/the-yankee-left/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/the-yankee-left/This report examines the so-called “Yankee-left” – broadly identified with Northeastern U.S. liberal elites – as a managerial, prestige-driven, moralizing ruling formation. It argues that a class of highly educated professionals and bureaucrats has come to dominate culture and politics through technocratic expertise, symbolic status rituals, and a moralistic discourse.https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/conserving-radicalism/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/conserving-radicalism/A complex-plane model of co-optation, class-to-culture substitution, and the asymmetric co-optability of left vs right radicalism.https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/land-rooted-ethno/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/land-rooted-ethno/A theory-driven synthesis on land-rooted rural ethnocultures and the rise of persistent right dissidence under elite cultural standardization, with operational definitions, competing frameworks, and testable implications.