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Tag Archives: book
Calculating the Social
I’ve just come across this interesting looking collection Calculating the Social: Standards and the Reconfiguration of Governing edited by Vaughan Higgins and Wendy Larner. The editorial introduction is available open access here.
My review of Btihaj Ajana’s Governing Through Biometrics: The Biopolitics of Identity
My review of Btihaj Ajana’s excellent book Governing Through Biometrics: The Biopolitics of Identity has just been published on the early view section of Information, Communication & Society. [Update: the review is available open access to the first 50 people … Continue reading
Posted in data and dataplay, infrastructures, metrics, software
Tagged biometrics, Biopolitics, book, Btihaj Ajana, governing through biometrics, review
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Flip-Flop: A Journey Through Globalisation’s Backroads
Caroline Knowles’ new book Flip-Flop: A Journey Through Globalisation’s Backroads is soon to be published by Pluto Books. I’ve used one of Caroline’s articles on this topic to explore the relations between fashion and globalisation. The book looks like it … Continue reading
Posted in infrastructures, objects
Tagged book, caroline knowles, flip-flop, globalisation
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Critical Theory and the Digital by David Berry
David Berry’s new book Critical Theory and the Digital has just been published by Bloomsbury. It looks excellent. I’ve ordered a library copy and I hope to get a review copy. The book looks ideal for teaching on theories of … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, data and dataplay, web cultures
Tagged book, critical theory and the digital, David berry
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Social Media: A Critical Introduction
This looks like an important resource for teaching and research on contemporary media developments. Sage have recently published Christian Fuchs’ Social Media: A Critical Introduction. This builds on Christians earlier work on media, and especially his attempts to theorise media … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, web cultures
Tagged book, Christian Fuchs, critical introduction, Social media
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Punk Sociology…50% discount
I posted previously about the recent publication of my Punk Sociology book. To mark 12 weeks since I submitted the manuscript, the publishers are offering a 50% discount on the hardback. This offer is only available for 7 days. The … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, fiction, future of sociology, history of sociology, metrics, music, university, writing
Tagged book, discount, flyer, Punk sociology
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Stuart Elden’s Foucault’s Last Decade now has a web page
I’ve been enjoying following Stuart Elden’s updates on his current book project Foucault’s Last Decade. Stuart has been posting regular updates on his research and writing for the book, along with interesting discoveries and observations. It looks like a really … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, future of sociology, history of sociology
Tagged book, Foucault's last decade, project, Stuart Elden
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Some reflections on The Future of Social Theory
It is just coming up to 10 years since Nick Gane‘s The Future of Social Theory was published. At the time I was in the middle of my PhD and I found this book to be a real inspiration, it … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory
Tagged book, Nicholas gane, questions, The future of social theory
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A review of Live Methods
I’ve posted before about Les Back and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods. Lisa Sugiara has now reviewed it for ICS.
International Politics and Performance
This looks like a really interesting book, International Politics and Performance edited by Jenny Edkins and Adrian Kear. Here’s the blurb: In recent years we have witnessed an increasing convergence of work in International Politics and Performance Studies around the … Continue reading