Product details
ISBN
9780415452175
Published
2008-11-21
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
304 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
198
Author
Biographical note
Bulent Diken is senior lecturer at Lancaster University, Department of Sociology. Previously he held a research position in Aarhus School of Architecture where he completed his Ph.D. in urban studies, and an assistant professorship at Roskilde University, Department of Geography. His books include Strangers, Ambivalence and Social Theory (1998). Recently he has co-authored The Culture of Exception (Routledge, 2005), and Sociology through the Projector (Routledge 2007).
This book addresses the genealogy and consequences of nihilism, attempts at 'sociologizing' the concept of nihilism by relating nihilism to capitalism, post-politics and terrorism, and considers the possibilities of overcoming nihilism.
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This book addresses the genealogy and consequences of nihilism, attempts at 'sociologizing' the concept of nihilism by relating nihilism to capitalism, post-politics and terrorism, and considers the possibilities of overcoming nihilism.
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1. Introduction: Much ado about nothing 2. The uncanny guest 3. Nihilism and the ‘social’: Capitalism, post-politics and terror 4. The agonistic city 5. Afterword
Product details
ISBN
9780415452175
Published
2008-11-21
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
304 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
198
Author