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Detailed and thought-provoking discussion of lifestyle regulation and how preventive lifestyle policies need to be shaped with the 'saturated society' - a society of self-controlled, fully autonomous individuals - in mind.

Vikki Bell explores the ways in which oppression must be understood outside feminist boundaries and why the history of 'race' came to be thought of as parallel to the history of feminism.

This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations.

Cutting edge text on the sociology of the body from one of the most popular and respected authors in the field today.

This selection of Bataille's work recognizes the full breadth of his contribution as a key thinker in debates on modernity and postmodernity, to critical theory, and as a major influence on Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard.

Using the interview form, the author tells about a vast assortment of cultural and theoretical topics, including architecture and 'speed-space', 'chronopolitics', art and technoculture, modernism, postmodernism and 'hypermodernism', the time of the trajectory and the 'information bomb'.

Klaus Eder offers a new perspective on the status of class in modernity. He outlines a cultural conception of class as the basis for understanding contemporary societies. His model re-evaluates the role of the middle classes and links class to social theories of power and cultural capital.

A critical examination of `right' radicalism: from Nietzsche and nihilism to a comparative analysis of recent nationalist conservatism in Europe.

Presents an analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing that racism is not reducible to these elementary forms. This title shows how the experiences of racism in America and anti-Semitism in Europe can be analyzed to provide an understanding of the complex transition from race to racism.

This accomplished book provides a peerless account of the French tradition. It provides an overview of French social theory; divides French social theory into three coherent cycles: positivist, anthropological and Marxist; and situates the discussions of individuals and schools in the relevant social and political contexts.

Offers a reappraisal of sociologist Talcott Parsons' work by social theorists who place his writing at the centre of current controversies over modernity, postmodernity and globalization. The contributors examine the problems in the interpretation of Parsons' work.

Intends to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. This title avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. It also contains an appendix which gives a brief history and selected literature of shopping.

What is culture? What is the relationship between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? This book explores the key themes in social theory: the nation state; the city; modernity and reflexivity; post-Fordism and the spatial logic of the informational city.

This major collection explores the nature of love and eroticism, examining the ways in which erotic bodily pleasures have become central to contemporary consumer culture. Drawing on the work of feminists, sociologists and cultural theorists, it contains wide-ranging and accessible contributions to contemporary debates on sexuality, love and eroticism.

The screenplays and films of Quentin Tarantino raise profound comic and ethical dilemmas. Developing ideas from Lacanian psychoanalysis, the authors explore ethical issues in relation to Tarantino's work, postmodernity and recent cultural theory. They argue that Tarantino's texts provide a provocative and telling contribution to theorized accounts of contemporary culture.

Using the interview form, the author tells about a vast assortment of cultural and theoretical topics, including architecture and 'speed-space', 'chronopolitics', art and technoculture, modernism, postmodernism and 'hypermodernism', the time of the trajectory and the 'information bomb'.

Examines the embodied nature of people's experience in, and of, the modern world. This book argues that bodies in nature are subject to novel, complex and contradictory opportunities of freedom and escape, surveillance and monitoring.

In this insightful book, one of America's leading commentators on culture and society turns his gaze upon cinematic race relations, examining the relationship between film, race and culture. Acute, richly illustrated and timely, the book deepens our understanding of the politics of race and the symbolic complexity of segregation and discrimination.

`This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and written-up. The author's subtle blending of theory and data is outstanding' - Eric Dunning, Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester

A powerful, polemical and at times controversial sociological exploration of academic and intellectual life. Is public intellectual life 'bullshit' as Fuller suggests?

Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Automobilities presents one of the first examinations of the car and its promise of autonomy and mobility.

Are there any cultural universals left? Does multiculturalism inevitably involve a slide into moral relativism? This timely and insightful book examines questions of politics and identity in the age of multicultures.

This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of culture.

Combining inter-disciplinary resources from sociology, history, communication and media studies and cultural studies, Matthew David unpacks the economics, psychology and philosophy of file-sharing.

Dynamic and insightful exploration of the 'everyday' individual's willingness to turn themselves into media content. How are 'ordinary' people being integrated into current media formats?

A diverse, detailed, and thought provoking exploration of modern society, focusing on Scott Lash's concept of 'intensive' (as opposed to expansive) culture. An innovative new work from a major theorist.

Engaging analysis of sport's role in the 'making of race', and the place of sport in relation to the politics of racial equality.

A timely exploration of the social context of environmental change and it's effect on mankind. A unique mix of both social and environmental science approaches.

In response to lecturer demand, this is a paperback edition of Scott McQuire's critically acclaimed exploration of the social spaces of modern cities.

A detailed, imaginative approach to five key social theorists who have helped to shape modern thought. Robbins is a world class expert and his book represents a significant development in the field of french social theory.