Facing Modernity

Ambivalence, Reflexivity and Morality
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5520-7
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

Barry Smart offers a wide-ranging and critical discussion of how issues of reflexivity, ethics and moral responsibility inform social and political thought. Through a critical discussion of the `ambivalent fruits' of social analysis, exemplified in particular by the work of Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, Baudrillard, Vattimo, Beck, Bourdieu, Goffman, Giddens, Levinas and Bauman, this book submits that an important responsibility of social enquiry today is to engage critically with the moral difficulties and ethical dilemmas which have arisen in relation to modernity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smart, Barry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Analysis after Ambivalence
Postmodern In(ter)ventions

Reflexivity, Modernity and Sociology
Responsible Subjects
Body, Self, Community
Ethical Relations
Indeterminate Justice
Morality after Ambivalence

Über Autor(innen)

Smart, Barry
Barry Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth and has longstanding research interests in the fields of social theory, political economy, and philosophy. His research interests include critical social research ethics; higher education; and collaborative work on veganism, ethics, lifestyle and environment.