Sociology and the new materialism : theory, research, action / Nick J. Fox, Pam Alldred.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 NEW MATERIALISM AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
- 1. Introduction
- Materialism re-booted
- Why a new materialist sociology?
- Challenges for a new materialist sociology
- Structure of the book
- 2. Foundations
- New Materialism and the Sociological Imagination
- New materialism: four voices (Bruno Latour; Deleuze and Guattari; Karen Barad; Rosi Braidotti)
- Propositions for a new materialist sociology
- Applying the new materialist imagination sociologically
- micropolitics of social production
- 3. Environment
- Humans, Posthumans and Ecological Sociology
- Sociology, humans and the environment
- Evidencing anthropocentrism: health and the environment
- Environmental sociology: beyond anthropocentrism, towards the posthuman
- Materialism, sociology and `sustainability'
- 4. Society
- Beyond Systems, Structures and Stratification
- Materialism and the `sociology of associations'
- Social organization
- Social institutions
- Structures, systems and mechanisms
- Social stratification: differentiation or aggregation?
- micropolitics of social divisions
- pt. 2 APPLYING NEW MATERIALISM SOCIOLOGICALLY
- 5. Creativity
- Imagination, Social Production and Social Change
- Creativity and production
- Creativity and the sociological imagination
- artwork made me do it: materialist rumblings
- Towards a materialist view of creativity
- Four propositions for a sociology of creativity
- Is `creativity' special?
- Creativity and social change
- 6. Sexuality
- Desire, Intensification, Becoming
- Sexuality from biomedicine and religion to the cultural turn
- Materialism and the `sexuality-assemblage'
- micropolitics of sex and sexualities
- sexualities of young men
- `Sexuality is everywhere'?
- 7. Emotions
- Embodiment, Continuity and Change
- Sociology and the study of emotions
- Emotions and affect
- love-assemblage
- Emotions, social continuity and social change
- 8. Health
- Beyond the Body-with-Organs
- Re-materializing health
- ill-health assemblage
- `health' assemblage
- micropolitics of health
- Health and technology: cyborgs and citizen health
- Personal health technologies
- Posthuman health
- pt. 3 RESEARCH, POLICY AND ACTIVISM
- 9. Research
- Designs, Methods and the Research Assemblage
- Materialism and social inquiry
- research assemblage
- materialist analysis of the research encounter
- Dis-assembling social research
- micropolitics of social inquiry
- Re-engineering methodology
- 10. Change-Action, Policy, Social Transformation
- Social action, power and resistance
- micropolitics of politics and policy
- Materialism and activism
- Conclusion: an engaged sociology of materiality.
