Sociology Beyond Societies

In this contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional basis of sociology - the study of society - is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the post societal era it must forget the social rigidities of the pre-global order and, instead, switch its focus to the study of both physical and virtual movement. In considering this sociology of mobilities, the book concerns itself with the travels of people, ideas, images, messages, waste products and money across international borders, and the implications these mobilities have to our experiences of time, space, dwelling and citizenship. The book extends recent debate about globalization both by providing an analysis of how mobilities reconstitute social life in uneven and complex ways, and by arguing for the significance of objects, senses, and time and space in the theorizing of contemporary life.

ISBN 0415190894   Pages 268 ISBN13 9780415190893 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 381 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title International Library of Sociology Publication date 25 Nov 1999   Height (mm) 234 Non-book description 255 p. ;   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 99034303   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 304.23   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgements
1		Societies		1
2		Metaphors		21
3		Travellings		49
4		Senses		77
5		Times		105
6		Dwellings		131
7		Citizenships		161
8		Sociologies		188
		Bibilography		212
		Index		232

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