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Postmodern Existential Sociology
. Ed(S): Johnson, John M.; Kotarba, Joseph A.
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Description for Postmodern Existential Sociology
Paperback. Third version of a long-standing textbook that examines the self in everyday life. Editor(s): Johnson, John M.; Kotarba, Joseph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Existential sociology provides scholars with a dramatic and adventurous way of understanding the workings of everyday life. It highlights the importance of individuals, their emotions, and their constructed interaction with social structures and cultural contexts built around them. The idea of an existential sociology, first developed a quarter century ago, has remained robust within symbolic interactionist circles. This collection of original essays, a sequel to two previous ones by the volume's editors, explores existential thinking in sociology after the advent of postmodernism. It focuses on key themes in this research arena through grounded examination of everyday situations and includes the ... Read more
Existential sociology provides scholars with a dramatic and adventurous way of understanding the workings of everyday life. It highlights the importance of individuals, their emotions, and their constructed interaction with social structures and cultural contexts built around them. The idea of an existential sociology, first developed a quarter century ago, has remained robust within symbolic interactionist circles. This collection of original essays, a sequel to two previous ones by the volume's editors, explores existential thinking in sociology after the advent of postmodernism. It focuses on key themes in this research arena through grounded examination of everyday situations and includes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759101623
SKU
V9780759101623
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About . Ed(S): Johnson, John M.; Kotarba, Joseph A.
Joseph A. Kotarba is professor of sociology at University of Houston. John M. Johnson is professor in the School of Justice at Arizona State University. Each has coedited a previous well-known volume on existential sociology: Kotarba (with Andrea Fontana) The Existential Self in Society (1984) and Johnson (with Jack Douglas) Existential Sociology (1977).
Reviews for Postmodern Existential Sociology
Address[es] topics ranging from rock music to race . . . the material contained in this volume is theoretically informed, sophisticated, and innovative. . . . Anyone who is interested in how sociologists who have been inspired by postmodernism pursue their work should consult this text.
John Murphy, University of Miami
American Journal of Sociology
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John Murphy, University of Miami
American Journal of Sociology
Postmodern Existentialism ... Read more