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Sociological Review Monograph Featured on THINKING ALLOWED (Radio 4) on 29th January and 5th February 2014 Contributions from the most recent Sociological Review Monograph, SOCIOLOGIES OF MODERATION (edited by Alex Smith and John Holmwood), will feature on Radio 4's Thinking Allowed on 29 January and 5 February.
List of contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Series editor's introduction (Chris Shilling)
1. Sociologies of moderation (Alexander Thomas T. Smith and John Holmwood)
2. Plundering the commons: the growth imperative in neoliberal times (Robert J. Antonio)
3. Moderation impossible? On hype, honesty and trust in the context of modern academic life (Brigitte Nerlich)
4. Blurred visions: experts, evidence and the promotion of moderate drinking (Henry Yeomans)
5. Restoring social creativity to immoderate publics: the case of the financially incontinent citizen (Jeff Vass)
6. Feminist 'radicality' and 'moderation' in times of crises and change (Srila Roy)
7. Democracy begins at home: moderation and the promise of salvage ethnography (Alexander Thomas T. Smith)
8. Pride and prejudice: gay rights and religious moderation in Belfast (Jennifer Curtis)
9. The blogosphere and its enemies: the case of oophorectomy (Stephen Turner)
10. Rethinking moderation in a pragmatist frame (John Holmwood)
11. Epilogue: The moderation of rhetoric (Rt Revd Nicholas Baines)
Notes on contributors
Index
About the author
Alexander Smith is Assistant Professor and Senior Leverhulme Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, at the University of Warwick in the UK; and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kansas University.
John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Summary
Sociologies of Moderation presents a series of original papers that explore the origins, intellectual foundations, and relevance of moderation in 21st-century politics, religion, and society.
Report
"As an academic who intersects both the humanities and social sciences I found the breadth of topics covered brought this volume to life in a way that was both accessible and thought provoking. As an academic who intersects both the humanities and social sciences I found the breadth of topics covered brought this volume to life in a way that was both accessible and thought provoking." ( The Sociological Review , 3 June 2014)
