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  • Medical Power and Social Knowledge

    by Bryan S Turner ...
    The fully revised edition of this successful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology and an assessment of its significance for social theory and the social sciences. It includes a completely revised chapter on mental health and new chapters on the sociology of the body and on the relationship between health and risk in contemporary societies.Bryan S Turner considers the ... Read more

    $113.39 USD

  • Vulnerability and Human Rights

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    Series series Essays on Human Rights
    The mass violence of the twentieth century’s two world wars—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings’ vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism

    by Professor Bryan S Turner ...
    It is often thought that the development of capitalism and the modernization of culture have brought about a profound decline of religious belief and commitment. The history of Christianity in the last two decades appears to be a good illustration of this general process of secularization with the undermining of belief and commitment as Western cultures became industrial and urban. However, in the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Dominant Ideology Thesis

    by Bryan S. Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    As a radical critique of theoretical sociological orthodoxy, The Dominant Ideology Thesis has generated controversy since first publication. It has also been widely accepted, however, as a major critical appraisal of one central theoretical concern within modern Marxism and an important contribution to the current debate about the functions of ideology in social life. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Religious and the Political

    A Comparative Sociology of Religion

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    While the relationships between ethics and religion, and violence and politics, are of enduring interest, the interface between religion and violence is one of the most problematic features of the contemporary world. Following in the tradition of Max Weber's historical and comparative study of religions, this book explores the many ways in which religion and politics are both combined and ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • On Society

    by Anthony Elliott, Bryan S. Turner ...
    ‘Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. For others, the idea of ‘society' is oppressive - the very notion, so some argue, is dismissive of ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society (RLE Social Theory)

    by Bryan S. Turner, Robert J. Holton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time – issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspective on Parsons as the only classical theorist who avoided crippling nostalgia. Holton and Turner not ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism

    by Bryan S. Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis, the authors develop their analysis of the social and cultural underpinnings of modern capitalism. They confront a central assumption of western culture: namely, that the individual is sovereign, and that capitalism above all other economic forms depends on individualism. These ideas have an unbroken history from Alexis de Tocqueville ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Body and Society

    Explorations in Social Theory

    by Bryan S Turner ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "This truly deserves to be considered a classic and I strongly encourage my students to read it from cover to cover. Turner′s work on the body needs to be considered in its own right within courses on the sociology of the body."- Dr Robert Meadows, Surrey University"Remains the foundational text for courses in the sociology of the body, replete with insights and a depth of analysis that has ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Citizenship

    by Bryan S. Turner ...
    The Rise and Fall of Citizenship brings together many of Turner’s publications on the topic of citizenship and includes three new chapters reflecting upon conceptions of citizenship today.The collection begins with a newly written overview of the rise of social citizenship (with particular reference to the UK and the US from 1945 to the 1980s) which charts the experiences of the ‘Baby Boomers’ ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Engaging Agnes Heller

    A Critical Companion

    by Katie Terezakis, Peter Beilharz, Janos Boros, Amos Friedland, John Grumley, Horst Hutter, Preben Kaarsholm, Dmitri Nikulin, Simon Tormey, Richard J. Bernstein0, Kira Brunner Don1, Bryan S. Turner2, Agnes Heller3 ...
    This collection of essays examines the life and thought of Agnes Heller, who rose to international acclaim as a Marxist dissident in Eastern Europe, then went on to develop one of the most comprehensive oeuvres in contemporary philosophy, putting forward a distinctive ethical theory and analyses of a vast range of topics covering most every philosophical area. Here, philosophers, sociologists, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Muslims in Singapore

    Piety, politics and policies

    by Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Bryan S. Turner, Alexius Pereira ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    This book examines Muslims in Singapore, analysing their habits, practices and dispositions towards everyday life, and also their role within the broader framework of the secularist Singapore state and the cultural dominance of its Chinese elite, who are predominantly Buddhist and Christian. Singapore has a highly unusual approach to issues of religious diversity and multiculturalism, adopting a ... Read more

    $73.99 USD