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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453143303321

Titolo

The social pathologies of contemporary civilization / / edited by Kieran Keohane [and] Anders Petersen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-01564-9

1-317-01563-0

1-315-55277-9

1-4094-7286-8

1-283-90202-8

1-4094-4506-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

Altri autori (Persone)

KeohaneKieran

PetersenAnders <1973->

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Sociology - Psychological aspects

Civilization, Modern

Pathology - Social aspects

Diseases - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Social pathologies : addressing the question -- pt. II. Social pathologies : contemporary malaises -- pt. III. Social pathologies : biopower, subjectification and civilization.

Sommario/riassunto

Rejecting a reductive, biomedical and individualistic diagnosis of contemporary problems of health and well-being, this book contends that many such problems are to be understood in the light of radical changes in social structures and institutions, extending to deep crises in our civilization as a whole. Rather than considering such conditions in isolation - both from one another and from broader contexts - this volume argues that health and well-being are not just located at the level of the individual body, the integral human person, or even



collective social bodies; rather, they encompass