Economies of Signs and Space (Theory, Culture & Society) - Softcover

Buch 109 von 127: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

Lash, Scott; Urry, John

 
9780803984721: Economies of Signs and Space (Theory, Culture & Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803984723 ISBN 13: 9780803984721
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of `society' and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit of analysis flows through time and across space.

Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted `postmodern condition' but also a growth in reflexivity.

In exploring this new reflexive world, the authors argue that today's economies are increasingly ones of signs - information, symbols, images, desire - and of space, where both signs and social sub

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Professor Scott Lash is the Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, as well as a a project leader in the Goldsmiths Media Research Programme. He is a leading name within sociology and cultural studies, has written numerous books and articles over the last twenty years, and is currently the managing editor for the journal Theory, Culture and Society.

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803984723
ISBN 13 
9780803984721
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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