Bøger af Michael Gardiner

Hverdagen spiller en afgørende rolle, hvis man vil forstå samfundet i sin helhed og kompleksitet, og de seneste årtier har studier af hverdagen spillet en stadig større rolle inden for sociologien. Hverdagslivet – sociologier om det upåagtede giver en bred introduktion til hverdagslivssociologien som et samlet felt. Bogen beskriver hverdagslivssociologiens ophav i Chicago-skolen og den amerikanske pragmatisme samt udviklingen mod nyere teoridannelser.Der stilles skarpt på marxisme, fænomenologi, eksistentialisme, emotionssociologi og nyere fransk hverdagslivssociologi, der ikke er eksplicit sociologiske skoler, men som på hver deres måde kaster et perspektivrigt blik på hverdagslivet. Endvidere præsenteres centrale hverdagslivstænkere som Goffman, Garfinkel, Sacks og Schegloff. Bogen er rettet mod studerende og undervisere på universiteter og højere læreanstalter.Bogen foreligger her i en gennemrevideret og ajourført udgave med til føjelse af to kapitler: fransk hverdagssociologi og emotionssociologi. Indhold:1.       Chicago-sociologi: Anja Jørgensen2.       Amerikansk pragmatisme: Antje Gimler3.       Symbolsk interaktionisme: Jan Trost, Irene Levin4.       Marxisme, modernitet og utopi: Michael Gardiner5.       Fænomenologisk sociologi: Dan Zahavi og Søren Overgaard6.       Erving Goffmann: Søren Kristiansen7.       Fransk hverdagssociologi: Michael Hviid Jacobsen8.       Eksistentiaistisk sociologi: Joseph A. Kotarba9.       Etnometodologi og det absurdes sociologi: Michael Hviid Jacobsen10.   Samtaleanalyse: Søren Peter Olesen11.   Emotionssociologi: Emma Engdahl og Michael Hviid Jacobsen  Redaktion: Michael Hviid Jacobsen, professor ved Institut for Sociologi og Socialt Arbejde, AAU. Søren Kristiansen, lektor i sociologi ved Institut for Sociologi og Socialt Arbejde, AAU, samt prorektor sammesteds.

The last years of the thirteenth century are harsh for the already tired Byzantine Empire, recently reconstituted in Constantinople, under the cunning and fierce family of the Palaiologos. What remains of the wealthy provinces of Asia Minor have fallen into anarchy. Bands of Turkish raiders, lusting for booty and land, repeatedly loot the countryside, forcing the citizens of the empire to desperately attempt an escape to the coast or to perch behind the walls of ancient and solid fortresses. In the meantime, Karman Bey, Muslim lord of Miletus, increases his power and grip on the land beyond what has been seen before and gathers an army large enough to convince the court of Constantinople to respond by any means necessary. The Turkish dream of conquering the "queen of cities" seems to be becoming a sad reality. Basileus Andronikos II places his hopes on his young nephew Alexios Philanthropenos, commissioning him to put an end to the enemy pressure and preserve what is left before it is too late. Alexios, elated at the idea of showing off his qualities as a military commander, will discover that intrigue, power games and war always have a price to pay, and his youthful illusions will face a harsh reality. Soon after his arrival he begins to understand the bitterness of the local reality and concludes that the defeat of Karman is not enough to ensure peace, he will decide to rebel against his uncle and take the throne for himself, propelling him and his allies to an uncertain future.

This book proposes that there exists a counter tradition within everyday life theorising. This has sought not merely to describe lived experience but to transform it by elevating our understanding to the status of a critical knowledge.

This book charts the course of Scottish Critical Theory since the 1960s.

As interest in the work of Bakhtin grows there is an increasing demand for a well organized, readable text which explains his main ideas and relates them to current social and cultural theory. This book fulfils the demand.

This book describes the recent Scottish independence referendum as the latest incarnation of a contest between two times on one hand, an ideally continuous time beyond determination underpinning financial sovereignty, on the other the interruptions to this ideal continuity inherent in human action.

This book is a series of essays, written over the last twenty years, which rethink the nature and prospects of utopianism in a world that has grown increasingly sceptical as to the possibility of systemic socio-political transformation in a positive direction.

This book presents a provocative argument which suggests that cultural devolution preceded and indeed forced political change.