The body & society: Explorations in social theory
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Turner, Bryan Stanley. In M. Featherstone (Ed.). (2008). The body & society: Explorations in social theory SAGE Publications Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446214329
Authors | Turner, Bryan Stanley |
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Editors | M. Featherstone |
Abstract | 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. |
ISBN | 9781446214329 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446214329 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84950290726 |
Page range | 1 - 285 |
Research Group | Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
Place of publication | United States |
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