When the Center is on Fire : passionate social theory for our times
Diane Harriford and Becky Thompson, "When the Center is on Fire : passionate social theory for our times "
University of Texas Press | 2008-06-01 | ISBN: 029271775X | 272 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB
University of Texas Press | 2008-06-01 | ISBN: 029271775X | 272 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB
Review
When the Center Is on Fire is a much-needed contribution to sociological understandings of contemporary U.S. society as shaped by global capital and imperialism. The authors reanimate social theory and put it to the test in imaginative and innovative ways. . . . Their readings of classical social theory help us recover a humane, life-giving, and connective social ethic that can fruitfully counteract the dehumanization, atomization, and emptiness uncovered by events that have shaken the United States in the new millennium. (Monisha Das Gupta, University of Hawai'i, author of Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States )
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