Deadly Worlds

• Utgivningsdatum: 2005-11-28
• Mått: 163 x 226 x 15 mm
• Vikt: 304 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 208
• Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• ISBN: 9780742542396

• Referensverk och tvärvetenskap
• Sociologi och antropologi

Charles Lemert is Andrus Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and is the author of many widely read books, including Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of Society and Postmodernism Is Not What You Think/How Globalization Threatens Modernity. Anthony Elliott is professor of social and political theory at the University of the West of England, where he is director of the Centre for Critical Theory. His recent books include Concepts of the Self, Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction, and Critical Visions.

Bringing sociology down to earth the authors force us to confront the disturbing consequences of the new individualism. A powerful account of the implosion of private life. -- Dr. Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent at Canterbury Deadly Worlds provides us with an original analysis of what is happening to our day-to-day life, and therefore our psyches, under globalization. It offers a stirring social psychology of how the myth of individualism undermines what it purports to uphold: the individual itself. Clearly written and well argued, this book will provide an important tool for anyone struggling to come to terms with our complex world. -- Drucilla Cornell, Professor of political science, women and gender studies and comparative literature, Rutgers University ...the authors...offer an extremely scholarly analysis of recent trends. The book is an enjoyable and informative read which provides powerful insights into the way that human beings today are responding to the complexities and challenges of a globalizing world. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Thick with theoretical taxonomies and conclusions, and unburdoned by footnotes, this inquiry moves briskly across genres through six chapters. American Journal of Sociology Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert have infused high theory with a sense of what it means for everyday life. Blending a discussion of theory with case histories they take us into the heart of the contemporary dilemmas of globalization, and the growing inequalities-and awareness of these inequalities-that create a growing sense of unease within even the most prosperous of societies. This is an important contribution to the sociology of a world marked both by increasing fear and unprecedented consumption. -- Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, LaTrobe University, author of Global Sex and Gore Vidal's America

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