Ben Agger: 12 books
Speeding Up Fast Capitalism
Cultures, Jobs, Families, Schools, Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
In his 1989 book, Fast Capitalism, Ben Agger presented a framework for understanding late-20th century social problems. Speeding Up Fast Capitalism, a sequel to his earlier book, assesses social changes since the end of the 1980s brought about by information technologies like the Internet, which have...
Public Sociology
From Social Facts to Literary Acts
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Public Sociology, 2nd edition offers a fundamental enriching of method far beyond the scope of research methodology textbooks. It looks at sociology as a social act-as writing-in arguing for a public sociology that can more fully embrace and address crucial public issues. Building on the philosophy...
Body Problems
Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
This book addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food society. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses the dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories but...
by Ben Agger
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
People ‘overshare’ when they interact with others through the screens of computers and smartphones. Oversharing means to divulge more of their inner feelings, opinions and sexuality than they would in person, or even over the phone. Text messaging, Facebooking, tweeting, camming, blogging, online...
Texting Toward Utopia
Kids, Writing, and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
This book examines the contemporary era where parents complain that children today don't do their homework because they are distracted by the Internet, texting, and video games. Texting Toward Utopia presents the writings of todays children and develops the argument that this is actually a time of...
Sixties at 40
Leaders and Activists Remember and Look Forward
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Based on recent interviews, this unique sixties book brings together the voices of the Left leaders who spawned the sixties movements. Many remain activists today, and experience and the passage of time allow them to transcend nostalgia to form more realistic perspectives on past, present, and future....
Body Problems
Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Body Problems addresses the relationship betweenthe body and society in a fast-food culture. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses a growing, fundamental dilemma that we have ample access to...
A Critical Theory Of Public Life
Knowledge, Discourse And Politics In An Age Of Decline
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
There is a Gunman on Campus
Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades...
by Ben Agger, Timothy W. Luke
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Schools, theatres and malls used to be safe havens. Marathons were triumphal, not tragic. Today, public life is risky. Citizens are on edge, either calling for gun control or purchasing personal weapons of self-defense. In this timely book, prominent US and international authors examine gun violence...
Fast Families, Virtual Children
A Critical Sociology of Families and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and...
by Ben Agger
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.