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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Sociology - Philosophy; Sociology - Psychological aspects; Civilization, Modern; Pathology - Social aspects; Diseases - Social aspects
• Altri autori: KeohaneKieran PetersenAnders <1973->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The social pathologies of contemporary civilization
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779312303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Classical and contemporary social theory.