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The Politics of Sleep S. Williams

The Politics of Sleep By S. Williams

The Politics of Sleep by S. Williams

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Why has sleepbecome increasinglypoliticized in contemporarysociety?This book provides anaccount of the politics of sleep in the late modern age.Thefuture of sleep has become contested and uncertain:something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day)done away with altogether.

The Politics of Sleep Summary

The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age by S. Williams

Why has sleepbecome increasinglypoliticized in contemporarysociety?This book provides anaccount of the politics of sleep in the late modern age.Thefuture of sleep has become contested and uncertain:something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day)done away with altogether.

The Politics of Sleep Reviews

"[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

About S. 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 andEmotion and Social Theory, innumerable journal articles andbook chapters, andedits a book series with Routledge, Critical Studies on Health and Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Politics of Sleep? Restless Times? Waking up to 'Fast' Capitalism (Ir)Responsibility: Vigilance, Virtue and the Politics of Blame (In)Justice: The Rights and Wrongs of Sleep Unconsciousness/Unruliness: The Sleep of Reason and the Politics ofRelease? Technoscientific Transformations: Sleep Science, Biomedicine and the Future of Sleep Afterword: In Search of Sleep References

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NPB9780230223660
9780230223660
0230223664
The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age by S. Williams
S. Williams
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2011-03-29
198
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