Smart Carol (University Of Manchester)
Smart Carol (University Of Manchester) - Personal Life - Paperback
Smart Carol (University Of Manchester) - Personal Life - Paperback
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Description: For more than a decade Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment and even the decline of the possibility of family life. In this exciting new book she puts forward a new way of understanding families and relationships. Breaking with conventional wisdom her book offers a fresh conceptual approach to understanding personal life which realigns empirical research with theoretical analysis. She gives emphasis to ideas of connectedness relationality and embeddedness rejecting many of the assumptions found in theories of individualisation and de - traditionalisation by authors such as Beck and Beck - Gernsheim Bauman and Giddens. Instead her approach prioritises the bonds between people the importance of memory and cultural heritage the significance of emotions (both positive and negative) how family secrets work and change over time and the underestimated importance of things such as shared possessions or homes in the maintenance and memory of relationships. This ground - breaking text will be essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of families and personal relationships and who wants to understand this most intimate area of social life.
Title: Personal Life
Author(s): Smart Carol (University Of Manchester)
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745639178
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 9/17/2007
Category: Social Theory
Description: For more than a decade Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment and even the decline of the possibility of family life. In this exciting new book she puts forward a new way of understanding families and relationships. Breaking with conventional wisdom her book offers a fresh conceptual approach to understanding personal life which realigns empirical research with theoretical analysis. She gives emphasis to ideas of connectedness relationality and embeddedness rejecting many of the assumptions found in theories of individualisation and de - traditionalisation by authors such as Beck and Beck - Gernsheim Bauman and Giddens. Instead her approach prioritises the bonds between people the importance of memory and cultural heritage the significance of emotions (both positive and negative) how family secrets work and change over time and the underestimated importance of things such as shared possessions or homes in the maintenance and memory of relationships. This ground - breaking text will be essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of families and personal relationships and who wants to understand this most intimate area of social life.
Title: Personal Life
Author(s): Smart Carol (University Of Manchester)
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745639178
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 9/17/2007
Category: Social Theory
