Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty First Century (International Library of Sociology (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Sociology Beyond Societies Do societies still exist? How should sociology adapt after globalisation? This book extends the recent debate about globalisation from the sociological perspective.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 04 January 2000
- Format: Paperback 255 pages
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- Categories: Sociology | Social Theory | Social Impact Of Environmental Issues
- ISBN 13: 9780415190893 ISBN 10: 0415190894
- Sales rank: 369,175
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Full description for Sociology Beyond Societies
In this contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional basis of sociology - the study of society - is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the post societal era it must forget the social rigidities of the pre-global order and, instead, switch its focus 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 to our experiences of time, space, dwelling and citizenship. The book extends recent debate about globalization 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 theorizing of contemporary life.
