Drawing upon the Marxist, French structuralist and American pragmatist traditions, this is an introduction to the sociology of knowledge, the meaning of emerging political and cultural styles of thought and their class and institutional origins. It looks at the cultural impact of the forms and images of mass media, nationally and globally, and examines the authority of science, medicine and the law as bodies of contemporary knowledge and practice. Finally, it considers the concept of engendered knowledge through a consideration of the complex and often troubled relationship between feminism...

Drawing upon the Marxist, French structuralist and American pragmatist traditions, this is an introduction to the sociology of knowledge, the meaning of emerging political and cultural styles of thought and their class and institutional origins. It looks at the cultural impact of the forms and images of mass media, nationally and globally, and examines the authority of science, medicine and the law as bodies of contemporary knowledge and practice. Finally, it considers the concept of engendered knowledge through a consideration of the complex and often troubled relationship between feminism...

Franco Ferrarotti's essays are of special interest to social scientists working in social theory and cultural sociology. His insights are far-reaching and applicable to those studying the areas of religion, immigration, violence, and social movements.

Emotional Lives offers a cultural study of emotions in public life, and the role of the mass media in shaping our emotions and identities.