Facing Modernity by Barry Smart
The author of this work contends that an important responsibility of social enquiry is to engage critically with the moral difficulties and ethical dilemmas which have arisen with modernity. He discusses the work of theorists including Foucault, Beck, Derrida, Giddens and Levinas.-
Risk Society
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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
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Symbolic Exchange and Death
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The Body and Social Theory
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The Tourist Gaze
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Formations of Class & Gender
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Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory
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The Body and Society
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The Masque of Femininity
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Deleuze and Guattari
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Globalization and Football
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Laughter and Ridicule
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Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity
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Sociology in Question
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The New Politics of Class
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Individualization
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The Tourist Gaze 3.0
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Globalization and Belonging
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Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk
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Economies of Signs and Space
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Contested Natures
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Embodying the Monster
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The Body in Culture, Technology and Society
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Globalization
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The Contradictions of Culture
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The Symbol Theory
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Georges Bataille: Essential Writings
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The Consumer Society
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The Sociological Ambition
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Body Modification
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Undoing Culture
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Simmel on Culture
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The Cinematic Society
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Cultural Identity and Global Process
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Diaspora and Hybridity
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Bakhtin and the Human Sciences
`In the grand tradition of classical social theory, Barry Smart challenges us to face up to the ambivalences of the contemporary moment and to take responsibility for our individual and social existence′ - Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles
` A brilliant excursus through modern social theory, Smart’s book should be read and re-read for its careful analysis of the dilemmas of morality in postmodernism′ - Bryan S Turner, University of Cambridge
Barry Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth and has longstanding research interests in the fields of social theory, political economy, and philosophy. His research interests include critical social research ethics; higher education; and collaborative work on veganism, ethics, lifestyle and environment.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780761955207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0761955208 |
| Title | Facing Modernity |
| Author | Barry Smart |
| Series | Published In Association With Theory Culture And Society Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 1998-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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