Late Modernity and Social Change : Reconstructing Social and Personal Life

ISBN-13: 9780415281775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 193 str.

Brian Heaphy

Opis

Heaphy examines the merits of the 'late modernity' thesis against those of the proponents of 'post-modernity'. He shows the wide scoop of influence of 'postmodern' thought and puts these theories in context by looking at how they play out against key features of contemporary society and culture.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Founding Narratives of Modernity and the Logics of Social Change  3. The Deconstructive Turn  4. Postmodernity and the Cultural Turn  5. Late Modernity and the Reflexive Turn  6. Reconstructing Self and Identity  7. Reflexive Relating and Intimacy  8. Death, Deskilling and Life-Politics  9. The Sociology of Reflexivity or Reflexive Sociology? 

O autorze

Brian Heaphy is Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester University. His sociological interests include theories of social and cultural change and changing patterns of personal life.