书目名称 | Society and Social Pathology |
副标题 | A Framework for Prog |
编辑 | R.C. Smith |
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概述 | Offers one of the most systematic and comprehensive studies of social pathology to date.Undertakes a methodologically innovative approach that pulls research and data from a wealth of qualitative and |
丛书名称 | Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice |
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描述 | This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with understanding current social conditions, individual health, and how we might begin to collectively conceive of a more reconciled postcapitalist world..Drawing reference from the most up-to-date studies, Smith crosses disciplinary boundaries from cognitive science and anthropology to critical theory, systems theory and psychology. Opening with an empirical account of numerous interlinked carises from mental health to the physiological effects of environmental pollution, Smith argues that mainstream sociological theories of pathology are deeply inadequate. Smith introduces an alternative critical conception of pathology that drills to the core of how and why society is deeply ailing. The book concludes with a detailed account of why a progressive and criticalvision of social change requires a “holistic view” of individual and societal transformation. Such a view is grounded in the awareness that a sustainable transition to postcapitalism is ultimately a many-sided (social, individual, and s |
出版日期 | Book 2017 |
关键词 | critical theory; Frankfurt School; damaged life; Bourdieu; Foucault; Adorno; precarity; capitalism; violence |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50325-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-84374-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-50325-7Series ISSN 2731-6580 Series E-ISSN 2731-6599 |
issn_series | 2731-6580 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 |