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The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age
Simon J. Williams
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Description for The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age
Hardcover. Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMTD; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.
Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230223660
SKU
V9780230223660
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99-15
About Simon J. Williams
SIMON J. WILLIAMS Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He is author of ten books, including Sleep and Society; Medicine and the Body and Emotion and Social Theory, innumerable journal articles and book chapters, and edits a book series with Routledge, Critical Studies on Health and Society.
Reviews for The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age
"[Simon Williams'] scholarship is at its most exceptional."- Contemporary Sociology "This carefully crafted book is beautifully written, providing an elegant and convincing argument of relevance for sociologists of health and illness, as well as sociologists of the body and those interested in broader structural issues associated with global capitalism." - Sociology of Health and Illness