@article{ref1,
title="A sociology of nothing: understanding the unmarked",
journal="Sociology",
year="2018",
author="Scott, Susie",
volume="52",
number="1",
pages="3-19",
abstract="Nothing is a sociologically neglected terrain, comprising negatively defined phenomena, such as non-identification, non-participation and non-presence. Nevertheless, these symbolic social objects are created and managed through meaningful social interaction. Nothing is accomplished either by active commission (doing/being a non-something) or by passive omission (not-doing/not-being something). I explore these dichotomous forms through four dimensions of negative social space: non-identity; inactivity; absence; and silence. Paradoxically, nothing is always productive of something: other symbolic objects come into being through the apprehension of phantoms, imaginaries, replacements and alternatives, which generate further constitutive meanings. A sociological analysis illuminates these processes, revealing how much nothing matters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-0385",
doi="10.1177/0038038517690681",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038517690681"
}