On Vulnerability: A Critical Introduction
Author:   Patrick Brown (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367366612


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   13 July 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Patrick Brown (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9780367366612


ISBN 10:   0367366614
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   13 July 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Vulnerability as deviance and stigma 2. When ‘normal’ people become vulnerable 3. The intersectionality of vulnerability 4. Understanding vulnerability through the lens of risk 5. Trust, hope, magic and the paradox of vulnerability 6. The vulnerable body 7. Vulnerability to suffering 8. Ethical concerns in researching vulnerability, as inseparable from methodological and analytical considerations Conclusions: Three types of knowledge around vulnerability

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Patrick Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He studies how individuals, groups and organisations manage their vulnerability amid uncertainty, for example, through risk, trust, hope, faith and everyday rituals, and the difficulties they encounter in doing so.

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