Thinking sociologically / / Zygmunt Bauman and Tim May

• Autore: Bauman Zygmunt <1925->
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , 2004; ©2001
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Sociology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MayTim
• Note generali: "First published 1990"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Discipline of Sociology; PART ONE: Action, Identity and Understanding in Everyday Life; Chapter 1: Oneself with Others ; Choice, Freedom and Living with Others; Oneself with Another: Sociological Perspectives; Socialization, Significance and Action; Summary; Chapter 2: Viewing and Sustaining our Lives; Sustaining our Lives: Interaction, Understanding and Social Distance; 'Us' within the 'Other'; Viewing and Living Lives: Boundaries and Outsiders; Segregation and Movement in the City ; SummaryChapter 3: The Bonds that Unite: Speaking of 'We' ; Communities: Forging Consensus and Dealing with Conflict; Calculation, Rationalization and Group Life; Summary; PART TWO: Living our Lives: Challenges, Choices and Constraints; Chapter 4: Decisions and Actions: Power, Choice and Moral Duty; Making Decisions; Values, Power and Action; The Motivation to Act; Summary; Chapter 5: Making it Happen: Gifts, Exchange and Intimacy inRelationships; The Personal and Impersonal: The Gift and Exchange; In Pursuit of Ourselves: Love, Intimacy, Caring and Commodities; The Commodification of Identity ; SummaryChapter 6: Care of our Selves: The Body, Health and Sexuality; In Search of Security; Embodied Selves: Perfection and Satisfaction; The Pursuit of Health and Fitness; The Body and Desire; The Body, Sexuality and Gender; Summary; Chapter 7: Time, Space and (Dis)Order; Experiencing Time and Space; Risk Society; Autonomy, Order and Chaos; Summary; Chapter 8: Drawing Boundaries: Culture, Nature, State and Territory; Nature and Culture; State, Nations and Nationalism; Summary; Chapter 9: The Business in Everyday Life: Consumption,Technology and Lifestyles; Technology, Expertise and Skills ; Consumption and AdvertisingLifestyles, Products and the Market; Summary; PART THREE: Looking Back and Looking Forward; Chapter 10: Thinking Sociologically; The Sociological Eye; Social Expectations and Sociological Thought; Social Tensions, Forms of Life and Sociological Targets; Sociology and Freedom; Questions for Reflection and Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this lucid, stimulating and original book, Zygmunt Bauman and Tim May explore the underlying assumptions and tacit expectations which structure our view of the world. The authors elucidate key concepts in sociology: for example, individualism versus community, and privilege versus deprivation. While charting a course through sociology''s main concerns, Bauman and May also examine the applicability of sociology to everyday life.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thinking sociologically
• ISBN: 0-631-21928-5; 1-119-05171-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463681803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II