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  • HeBIS  (5)
  • Weltkulturen Museum
  • 2000-2004  (5)
  • Turner, Professor Bryan S.  (2)
  • Williams, Simon J.  (2)
  • Adams, John  (1)
  • London : Taylor and Francis  (5)
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    Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism (2002)
    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780203427255
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (241 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 306.6
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    EC 2420
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    MS 1245
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    MS 9550
    Keywords: Islam ; Postmoderne ; Weltpolitik ; Naher Osten
    Abstract: It is often thought that the development of capitalism and the modernization of culture have brought about a profound decline of religious belief and commitment. The history of Christianity in the last two decades appears to be a good illustration of this general process of secularization with the undermining of belief and commitment as Western cultures became industrial and urban. However, in the twentieth century we have seen that Islam continues to be a dominant force in politics and culture not only in the Orient but in Western society. In this challenging study of contemporary social theory, Bryan Turner examines the recent debate about orientalism in relation to postmodernism and the process of globalization. He provides a profound critique of many of the leading fissures in classical orientalism. His book also considers the impact of the notion of the world in sociological theory. These cultural changes and social debates also reflect important change in the status and position of intellecuals in modern culture who are threatened, not only by the levelling of mass culture, but also by the new opportunities posed by postmodernism. He takes a critical view of the role of sociology in these developments and raises important questions about the global role of English intellectuals as a social stratum. Bryan Turner's ability to combine these discussions about religion, politics, culture and intellectuals represents a remarkable integration of cultural analysis in cultural studies.
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    Health, Medicine and Society : Key Theories, Future Agendas (2002)
    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780203463611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (383 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 306.4/61
    Abstract: Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century. Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories, both modernist and postmodernist, to look at the following themes: *health and social structure *the contested nature of the body *the salience of consumption and risk *the challenge of emotions Health, Medicine and Society provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of health related issues at the millennium and a cogent set of arguments for the centrality of health to contemporary social theory. Written in a clear, accessible style it will be ideal reading for students and researchers in health studies, public health, medical sociology, medicine and nursing.
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    The Lived Body : Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues (2002)
    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780203025680
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 306.4
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    MR 6050
    Keywords: Körper ; Leib-Seele-Problem ; Soziologie
    Abstract: The Lived Body takes a fresh look at the notion of human embodiment and provides an ideal textbook for undergraduates on the growing number of courses on the sociology of the body. The authors propose a new approach - an 'Embodied Sociology' - one which makes embodiment central rather than peripheral. They critically examine the dualist legacies of the past, assessing the ideas of a range of key thinkers, from Marx to Freud, Foucault to Giddens, Deleuze to Guattari and Irigary to Grosz, in terms of the bodily themes and issues they address. They also explore new areas of research, including the 'fate' of embodiment in late modernity, sex, gender, medical technology and the body, the sociology of emotions, pain, sleep and artistic representations of the body. The Lived Body will provide students and researchers in medical sociology, health sciences, cultural studies and philosophy with clear, accessible coverage of the major theories and debates in the sociology of the body and a challenging new way of thinking.
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    Risk : The Policy Implications of Risk Compensation and Plural Rationalities (2002)
    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780203498965
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (241 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 302/.12
    Abstract: Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates that behaviour is governed by the probable costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which are perceived through filters formed from all the previous incidents and associations in the risk-taker's life.; "Risk" should be of interest to many readers throughout the social sciences and in the world of industry, business, engineering, finance and public administration, since it deals with a fundamental part of human behaviour that has enormous financial and economic implications.
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    Regulating Bodies : Essays in Medical Sociology (2002)
    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780203214183
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (289 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 306.4/61
    Abstract: Bryan Turner is generally acknowledged to have been the key figure in opening up the sociological debate about the body. In this coruscating and fascinating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously.
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