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Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty First Century (International Library of Sociology)
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Product Description
Do societies still exist? How should sociology adapt after globalization? This book extends the recent debate about globalisation from the sociological perspective.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #336897 in Books
- Published on: 1999-11-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
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From the Back Cover
In this ground-breaking contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that if sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the global era, it must abandon its original project - the study of society as a set of institutions - and switch focus instead to the study of both physical and virtual movement. In considering this sociology of mobilities, the book concerns itself with the travels of people, ideas, images, messages, waste products and money across international borders, and the implications these mobilities have on our experiences of time, space, dwelling and citizenship.
Sociology Beyond Societies extends recent debate about globalisation both by providing an analysis of how mobilities reconstitute social life in uneven and complex ways, and by arguing for the significance of objects, senses, and time and space in the theorising of contemporary life.
This book will be essential reading for undergraduates and graduates studying sociology and cultural geography.
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