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UNINA9910822926603321 |
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Wilkinson Iain |
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A passion for society : how we think about human suffering / / Iain Wilkinson, Arthur Kleinman |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Collana |
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California Series in Public Anthropology ; ; 35 |
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Disciplina |
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Suffering - Social aspects |
Stress, Psychological |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Origins of Social Suffering -- 2. In Division and Denial -- 3. A Broken Recovery -- 4. Learning from Weber -- 5. The Praxis of Social Suffering -- 6. Caregiving -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? In this trenchant work, Arthur Kleinman-a renowned figure in medical anthropology-and Iain Wilkinson, an award-winning sociologist, team up to offer some answers to these profound questions. A Passion for Society investigates the historical development and current state of social science with a focus on how this development has been shaped in response to problems of social suffering. Following a line of criticism offered by key social theorists and cultural commentators who themselves were unhappy with the professionalization of social science, Wilkinson and Kleinman provide a critical commentary on how studies of society have moved from an original concern with social suffering and its amelioration to dispassionate inquiries. The authors demonstrate how social action through caring for others is revitalizing and remaking the discipline of social science, and they examine the |
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potential for achieving greater understanding though a moral commitment to the practice of care for others. In this deeply considered work, Wilkinson and Kleinman argue for an engaged social science that connects critical thought with social action, that seeks to learn through caregiving, and that operates with a commitment to establish and sustain humane forms of society. |
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UNINA9910170991003321 |
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Autore |
Firat A. Fuat |
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Titolo |
Consuming people : from political economy to theaters of consumption / / A. Fuat Firat and Nikhilesh Dholakia |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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1-134-70633-2 |
1-134-70634-0 |
1-280-07506-6 |
9786610075065 |
0-203-44981-9 |
0-415-31620-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Consumer research and policy series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DholakiaNikhilesh <1947-> |
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Consumption (Economics) - History |
Demand (Economic theory) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-188) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The consuming society -- 2. Consumption patterns -- 3. The making of the consumer -- 4. Consumption in modern society -- 5. The social construction of consumption patterns in modern society -- 6. (Post)modernity and consumption -- 7. Postmodern consumption -- 8. Global consumption -- 9. Consuming people -- 10. The new theater of consumption. |
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Consumption is widely regarded as one of the most important phenomena in contemporary society, but, till now, there has been very little analysis of how consumption patterns evolve, transform and |
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proliferate. This revealing book provides an incisive treatment of consumption on a global scale from a cultural, philosophical and business perspective. Beginning with an analysis of how a dominant form of consumption pattern took hold in modern, capitalist, market economies, this book explores the contemporary changes and paradoxes in our consumption patterns during the transitional period from the modern to the postmodern. The text focuses on the forces shaping American consumption patterns, from corporations to Hollywood, and concludes with an analysis of the emerging trans-modern possibilities of the new 'theatre of consumption' where communities with a variety of consumption styles will flourish. This is an original and radical analysis in which its first-rate authors structure this key topic in a multi-disciplinary and forward-thinking way. As such, it will be of great interest to students and researchers of consumer behaviour in business and the social sciences, as well as those concerned with contemporary cultural transformations. |
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