The Body and Society by Bryan S Turner
Third edition of Bryan Turners seminal text on the body and social theory. One of the biggest authors in the field today.
The Body And Society is now better than ever… Turner bridges the organic and cultural with his philosophical and theological aspirations: the result is a penetrating analysis of society′s blend of bodies - from erotic to famished bodies, labouring to desiring bodies
Anthony Elliott
Flinders University
Anthony Elliott
Flinders University
Bryan Turner has revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves and our bodies. This edition … demonstrates further intellectual growth and development; innovative ideas inform an already classic understanding. The human body is the very material of our lives; this book allows us to deepen our knowledge of the meanings of the body in the twenty-first century and offers a definitive and emancipatory account of the possibilities (both negative and positive) with which we are presented and which we construct for ourselves
Mary Evans
London School of Economics
Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781412929875 |
| ISBN 10 | 1412929873 |
| Title | The Body and Society |
| Author | Bryan S Turner |
| Series | Published In Association With Theory Culture And Society Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2008-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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