Summary: Class still matters in everyday life, both for those who miss out and, significantly, for those who rise above the stations of their parents and carry that baggage with them. With and after New Labour, it became popular to talk of exclusion, rather than exploitation, and class talk seemed to recede; but problems of inequality fester. In this presentation Peter Beilharz will open discussion of these language games and what they signify for those of us who remain concerned with problems of inequality and suffering. Against this background, Mark Mallman will then discuss his recent lauded MA work on the hidden injuries of upward class mobility.
