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Author: Chris Rojek (Nottingham Trent University)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Polity Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.472kg
ISBN: 9780745671109
ISBN 10: 0745671101
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 October 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens's novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today."" David Inglis, University of Exeter ""Rojek has created yet another of his unique and insightful analyses of the contemporary world. As “familiar strangers” we live in a tenuous world built on presumed intimacy. One’s anger about this world builds as one progresses through the book and leads one to applaud Rojek’s call for, among other things, the veracity and emotional integrity that are increasingly being lost in our world of increasing presumed intimacy."" George Ritzer, University of Maryland
Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens' novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today. David Inglis, University of Exeter
Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens's novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today. David Inglis, University of Exeter Rojek has created yet another of his unique and insightful analyses of the contemporary world. As familiar strangers we live in a tenuous world built on presumed intimacy. One s anger about this world builds as one progresses through the book and leads one to applaud Rojek s call for, among other things, the veracity and emotional integrity that are increasingly being lost in our world of increasing presumed intimacy. George Ritzer, University of Maryland
Author Information
Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology at City University London
