Libros de Bryan S. Turner

Can We Live Forever?

• An enlightening look into the medical, cultural, religious and philosophical implications of life extension.

Interpreting Human Rights

• In recent decades, human rights have come to occupy an apparently unshakable position as a key and pervasive feature of contemporary global public culture. At the same time, human rights have become a central focus of research in the social sciences, embr...

The Body And Society

• This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of..

The Body

• 408 páginas
• For centuries the human body has been a long-established issue in anthropology. However, human embodiment is increasingly becoming the primary focus in sociology and cultural studies as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature,...

Cambridge Dictionary Of Sociology

Vulnerability And Human Rights

• 168 páginas
• In the twentieth century, the mass violence of the two world wars followed more recently by the decentralization and privatization of warfare--manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing--have led to a heightened awaren...

The Sage Handbook Of Sociology

• Sociology has evolved greatly since its inception as an academic discipline. It has diverged into numerous strands often flowing in disparate directions. The SAGE Handbook of Sociology reflects upon the condition of sociology today and also looks to futur...

Capitalismo Y Clases En El Medio Oriente.

• 262 páginas
• "Con base en una amplia documentación sociológica Turner, detalla los pormenores del capitalismo islámico y de sus clases sociales. Asimismo, aborda el análisis de lo político y lo social en la región, destaca...

Society And Culture

• 249 páginas
• Society and Culture reclaims the classical heritage, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the promise of sociology in the 21st century and asks whether the `cultural turn' has made the study of society redundant.

Classical Sociology

• 291 páginas
• "In this book, one of the foremost sociologists of the present day turns his gaze upon the key figures and seminal institutions in the rise of sociology." "This book is a systematic introduction to classical sociology and its development...

Forget Baudrillard?

• Without doubt, Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important figures currently working in the area of sociology an dcultural studies, but his writings infuriate as many people as they intoxcicate. This collection provides a wide-ranging, measured assessme...

Max Weber

• This wide-ranging and assured book, written by one of the leading Weber scholars in the English-speaking world, shows us the many sides of Max Weber. The book provides an authoritative guide to the current burning issues in social theory, religion, ration...

La Religión Y La Teoría Social. Una Perspectiva Materialista

• 339 páginas
• Inspirado en principios de la analítica foucaultiana y ante los límites de un inevitable reduccionismo, Bryan S. Turner considera la religión como un fenómeno sumamente complejo: en su inmanencia es y ha sido hasta ahora nuestr...