Agger develops a critical theory which confronts the challenges of feminism and postmodernism in order to address postmodernity adequately. Drawing on first-generation critical theory of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Marcuse and second-generation critical theory of Habermas, Agger argues for the priority of critical theory over the antitotality perspectives of postmodernism and feminism. Although Frankfurt critical theory, postmodernism, and feminism are often viewed as divergent, Agger develops an argument for synthesis, outlining what he calls the logic of feminist postmodern critical theory....
Agger develops a critical theory which confronts the challenges of feminism and postmodernism in order to address postmodernity adequately. Drawing...
The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In doing so, it addresses major issues in sociology that inform virtually all of a student's course work.
Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communication
Examines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economics
Written in a...
The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communi...
The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In doing so, it addresses major issues in sociology that inform virtually all of a student's course work.
Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communication
Examines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economics
Written in a...
The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communi...
Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. These articles primarily make advances in method, not substance. Drawing from Mills, critical theory and postmodernism, Agger develops a non-positivist version of sociological writing that is at once accessible and relevant to social problems.
Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of ma...
In his 1989 book, Fast Capitalism, Ben Agger presented a framework for understanding late-20th century social problems. Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, a sequel to his earlier book, assesses social changes since the end of the 1980s brought about by information technologies like the Internet, which have quickened the pace of everyday life. In Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, Agger assesses the impact of the Internet on consciousness, communication, culture and community, and evaluates the prospects of democratic social change. Where the earlier book was largely theoretical, Speeding Up applies...
In his 1989 book, Fast Capitalism, Ben Agger presented a framework for understanding late-20th century social problems. Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, a...
In his 1989 book, Fast Capitalism, Ben Agger presented a framework for understanding late-20th century social problems. Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, a sequel to his earlier book, assesses social changes since the end of the 1980s brought about by information technologies like the Internet, which have quickened the pace of everyday life. In Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, Agger assesses the impact of the Internet on consciousness, communication, culture and community, and evaluates the prospects of democratic social change. Where the earlier book was largely theoretical, Speeding Up applies...
In his 1989 book, Fast Capitalism, Ben Agger presented a framework for understanding late-20th century social problems. Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, a...
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and shopping. What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful, radical idea in an era of pervasive technology. The authors analyze important trends, including the acceleration and attenuation of childhood,...
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the b...
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and shopping. What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful, radical idea in an era of pervasive technology. The authors analyze important trends, including the acceleration and attenuation of childhood,...
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the b...
Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis
Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among t...
A collection of Ben Agger's essays on the origins, significance and applications of critical theory, a perspective associated with the Frankfurt School. These essays address a variety of interrelated topics including the viability of Marxian theory in late capitalism, new social movements, the politics of science and technology and the future of public life. More than an exercise in textual exegesis, this book applies critical theory to contemporary intellectual debates and social problems. As such, it explores the role of critical intellectuals in building a more humane society.
A collection of Ben Agger's essays on the origins, significance and applications of critical theory, a perspective associated with the Frankfurt Schoo...
