The Body and Society: Explorations in Social Theory
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Originally published in 1984, The Body and Society flew against prevailing trends which asked sociologists to understand society in terms of abstractions such as structure, class and function. Instead, in a series of dazzling chapters, Bryan S Turner argued that the body should be the axis of sociological analysis.
The Second Edition of this ground-breaking book includes a new introduction which analyzes the social changes which have given a special prominence to the body in contemporary social theory, and develops Turner′s own notion of a somatic society′, a society within which major political and personal problems are both problematized in the body and expressed through it. Complementing the introdu
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803988095
ISBN13:9780803988095
Release Date:December 1996
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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