Simon Locke - Re-crafting Rationalization: Enchanted Science and Mundane Mysteries

Most of the material in this book has not appeared anywhere before, although some of the ideas and arguments have been aired in a variety of contexts before their specific formulation here. Particular acknowledgement needs to be given regarding , the central argument of which, although not the detailed development was published as Conspiracy culture, blame culture, and rationalisation, Sociological Review, 57(4), 2009, 567-85.

Thanks are due to Mike Hawkins for reading the draft and providing helpful comments and valuable discussion. Unpersuaded by the overall argument, I am nonetheless pleased to report that Mike has since become, as he put it, enchanted by the fact that [his] whole existence comprises an incomplete syllogism. Welcome to the club, Mike! Now you can refuse to join.

Thanks and a great deal more are owed to Lorraine Allibone, who read and commented on parts of the draft, but more importantly provided unwavering support and encouragement throughout the period of writing, enduring labyrinthine expositions as I fumbled my way towards coherence or as near as I can hope to get anyway!

Support of a more directly material form was provided by colleagues in the Sociology and Criminology Subject Group at Kingston University, who allowed me the relative luxury of a semesters sabbatical to complete the drafting of the manuscript. In these straitened times in the academy, it is heartening to think that there are still some who try to lift their gaze, if not quite to the stars, then at least a little above the bottom-line.

Thanks also to Neil Jordan at Ashgate for supporting the original proposal despite some unfavourable opinion and dealing with my queries with impressive efficiency and professionalism.

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