Sociology and the New Materialism

Guiding the reader through both theory and application, Fox and Alldred explore the varied uses of new materialism , a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, in the practice of doing sociology today.

Informationen zum Autor Nick J. Fox holds an honorary chair in sociology at the University of Sheffield. He has researched and written widely on materialist social theory as applied to health, embodiment, sexuality, creativity, and emotions. His most recent book (with Pam Alldred) is Sociology and the New Materialism (SAGE, 2017). Pam Alldred is Reader in Education and Youth Studies in the Social Work Division at Brunel University London, UK. She researches sexualities, parenting, and sex education and has written about discourse analytic, ethnographic and new materialist approaches to research, as well as the political and ethical dilemmas raised by participatory research and representational claims. Pam has led two large international projects on gender-related violence and then on sexual violence with European Union cofunding. She recently published Sociology and the New Materialism (with Nick J. Fox, SAGE, 2016) and coedits the Handbook of Youth Work Practice (SAGE, 2017). She is a member of the Sex Education and the Gender and Education journal editorial boards. Klappentext Guiding the reader through both theory and application, Fox and Alldred explore the varied uses of "new materialism", a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, in the practice of doing sociology today. Zusammenfassung Guiding the reader through both theory and application! Fox and Alldred explore the varied uses of "new materialism"! a key emerging trend in 21st century thought! in the practice of doing sociology today. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: New Materialism and the Sociological Imagination Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Foundations - new materialism and the sociological imagination Chapter 3: Environment - humans, posthumans and ecological sociology Chapter 4: Society - beyond systems, structures and stratification PART TWO: Applying New Materialism Sociologically Chapter 5: Creativity - imagination, social production, social change Chapter 6: Sexuality - desire, intensification, becoming Chapter 7: Emotions - embodiment, continuity and change Chapter 8: Health - beyond the body-with-organs PART THREE: Research, Policy and Activism Chapter 9: Research - designs, methods and the research assemblage Chapter 10: Change - action, policy, social transformation Glossary Bibliography ...

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Nick J. Fox holds an honorary chair in sociology at the University of Sheffield. He has researched and written widely on materialist social theory as applied to health, embodiment, sexuality, creativity, and emotions. His most recent book (with Pam Alldred) is Sociology and the New Materialism (SAGE, 2017).

Pam Alldred is Reader in Education and Youth Studies in the Social Work Division at Brunel University London, UK. She researches sexualities, parenting, and sex education and has written about discourse analytic, ethnographic and new materialist approaches to research, as well as the political and ethical dilemmas raised by participatory research and representational claims. Pam has led two large international projects on gender-related violence and then on sexual violence with European Union cofunding. She recently published Sociology and the New Materialism (with Nick J. Fox, SAGE, 2016) and coedits the Handbook of Youth Work Practice (SAGE, 2017). She is a member of the Sex Education and the Gender and Education journal editorial boards.

Inhalt
PART ONE: New Materialism and the Sociological Imagination
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Foundations - new materialism and the sociological imagination
Chapter 3: Environment - humans, posthumans and ecological sociology
Chapter 4: Society - beyond systems, structures and stratification
PART TWO: Applying New Materialism Sociologically
Chapter 5: Creativity - imagination, social production, social change
Chapter 6: Sexuality - desire, intensification, becoming
Chapter 7: Emotions - embodiment, continuity and change
Chapter 8: Health - beyond the body-with-organs
PART THREE: Research, Policy and Activism
Chapter 9: Research - designs, methods and the research assemblage
Chapter 10: Change - action, policy, social transformation
Glossary
Bibliography