Uncovering Social Life offers a clear and concise appraisal of sociology's 'problem of order' - that is, what binds individuals and groups together socially despite inequalities, conflicts and rapid social change. Using 'deceit' as a key theme in a close analysis of many aspects of contemporary social life, the book demonstrates sociology's considerable value for explaining people's behaviour as well as wider issues of order, globalization and social change.　 This is an ambitious text that applies sociological theory in novel and wide-ranging ways. Written...