Social Life by Matthias Benzer
In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions -put forward by eight modern social theorists -and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into peoples lives in todays social world.Benzer and Reed grab their favourite things from their favourite theorists and assemble those closely examined nuggets into their own kaleidoscopic-fragmentary theory of contemporary societyAvoiding the fetish of comprehensiveness that ruins most textbooks, they have produced a tool that students will actually find useful for studying.
-- Dr Marcel Stoetzler, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bangor University
This collection of essays on social theorists is highly readable and complex ideas are presented clearly. These are excellent discussions based on close engagement with the original texts that will be a valuable sources for both students and academics.
-- Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
Dr Matthias Benzer is a Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. He previously held the Peacock Fellowship at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics (2010-2012), and a Lectureship in Sociology at the University of Manchester (2008-2010). Matthias obtained a PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics in 2008 with a thesis in Sociological Theory. I joined the University of Sheffield in January 2004 as a Lecturer in Medical Sociology. I conducted my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Liverpool, Lancaster and Southampton. After completing my PhD in 2000 at the university of Southampton I held a lectureship from 2000-2003 in Sociology at the University of Kent before moving to the University of Sheffield. 2018 marks my promotion to Professorship. My research interests are as follows: sociology of health and illness, gender, social theory, race and ethnicity.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473907843 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473907845 |
| Title | Social Life |
| Author | Matthias Benzer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
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