One of the unfortunate consequences of the Jason Arday debacle is that it has thrown the entire discipline of sociology into disrepute. ‘I have yet to be convinced that sociology is an academic discipline at all never mind that it is important. Sociology has for years suffered an image problem, seen as a soft subject for soft minds. It’s worth keeping in mind that two of the greatest critics of hyperliberalism today, Eric Kaufmann and Frank Furedi, are both sociologists. Before the advent of hyperliberalism, and predating even the stereotype of the sociology student from Scumbag College, sociology had a noble pedigree, beginning in a 19th century.