{"product_id":"uncovering-social-life-1","title":"Uncovering Social Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an era when rapid social change, the disappearance of traditional communities, the rise of political populism and the threat posed by radical religious movements makes it appear that ‘all that is solid melts into air’, the classical sociological problem of how peaceable societies can be created and maintained assumes renewed urgency. \u003ci\u003eUncovering Social Life: Critical Perspectives from Sociology \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how contemporary institutional changes erode existing social relationships and identities but also create space for opposition to, or creative adaptation of, these broader shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the threats and opportunities associated with the contemporary age, this book identifies how sociology helps us understand the problems associated with social order and change before focusing on the most important institutional transformations to have occurred in:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebodies and health;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esex, gender and sexuality;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eemployment;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efinance;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Internet and new social media;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etechnology and artificial intelligence;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereligion;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egovernance and terrorism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a critical introduction placing these issues in their historical and sociological context, theoretical chapters analysing how sociology views the individual\/society relationship, and the volatile processes endemic to the modern era, provide an innovative and comprehensive context for these explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a clear and engaging account of social life. Covering a broad range of sociological topics, the diverse chapters are united in a concern with three major themes: the growing complexity of the current era, and the ‘doubled’ identities with which it is associated; the opportunities and constraints such developments pose to different groups; and the capacity of institutional changes to both erode existing social relationships, and create space for the emergence of new collective identities that \u003ci\u003eoppose\u003c\/i\u003e these structural shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235641348440,"sku":"9781138934139","price":210.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138934139.jpg?v=1777266061","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/uncovering-social-life-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}