Connecting Self to Society - Belonging in a Changing World

Belonging is often overlooked in its relationship to society andsocial change, and yet it forms the bedrock of how we relate to the world around us. Through the work of Marx, Giddens and Goffman, this book covers the familiar terrain of identity theory, while going beyond it toother sites of identification andsocial change.>

Sommario

PART I: SELF AND SOCIETY IN SOCIAL THEORY
1. Introduction
2. Where it All Began: The Sociological Classics
3. The Loss of Tradition: Diminished or Reflexive Selves?
4. The Relationship between Self and Society
5. Everyday Personal Life
PART II: SELF, BELONGING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
6. Belonging: A Window into Social Change
7. Cultural Belongings
8. Relational Belongings
9. Sensory Belongings
10. Conclusion: Self and Belonging in a Changing World.

Info autore

Vanessa May

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vanessa May
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230292864
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29286-4
• Pagine: 192
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; B, Family, Social groups, Social Sciences, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, identity;Marx;social change;social theory;sociology