Bøger af Ben Agger

Praised for its clarity and accessibility, Critical Social Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of today's leading social and cultural theories. Author Ben Agger addresses a wealth of diverse perspectives, from feminism and cultural studies to postmodernism and critical theory. Now fully updated and revised in its third edition, the book offers a wide-ranging discussion of race, gender, and global economic dynamics; Internet culture and social media; and much more. New to this Edition * Addresses changes to social theories brought about by the Internet, discussed within the context of globalization* Analyzes what has increasingly become a "media culture," in which pulp publications such as newspapers and books are being replaced by television, movies, and the Internet* Examines Internet-based social movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street * Updates references to scholarly literature, including material published in the past several years

Includes wide-ranging interviews with leaders of the New Left: Tom Hayden, Bob Moses, Mark Rudd, Cleveland Sellers, Frances Beal, Casey Hayden, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and more.

An in-depth assessment of the acceleration of modern life in the age of the Internet.

Neither demonising nor mythologising guns, this collection of case studies sheds light on this controversial issue.

A guide to understanding the meeting point between a new generation of children and new communication technologies.

This text looks at sociology as a social act in arguing for a public sociology that can more fully embrace and address crucial public issues. It describes how social science reproduces the existing social world, and shows how it could be crafted differently.

* Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communication. * Examines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economics.

This text collects together Ben Agger's essays on the origins, significance and applications of critical theory - a perspective associated with the Frankfurt School. The essays address a variety of topics including the viability of Marxist theory and new social movements.

Drawing on first-generation critical theory of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Marcuse and second-generation critical theory of Habermas, Agger argues for the priority of critical theory over the antitotality perspectives of postmodernism and feminism.

Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis