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Economies of Signs and Space (Theory, Culture & Society) By Scot
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- Economies of Signs and Space (Theory, Culture & Society)
- ISBN
- 9780803984721
- EAN
- 9780803984721
- Publication Name
- Economies of Signs and Space
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, The Limited
- Series
- Published in Association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser.
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 19.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted postmodern condition but also a growth in reflexivity.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications, The Limited
ISBN-10
0803984723
ISBN-13
9780803984721
eBay Product ID (ePID)
893756
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Economies of Signs and Space
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Published in Association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser.
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
19.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
26
Lc Classification Number
Hm35.L37 1994
Volume Number
Vol. 26
Reviews
'An indispensable, rich, shrewd, and stimulating characterization of the cultural risks and dilemmas generated by globalization.... [the book supplies] bench marks for the present debate on the sociology of culture.... [the book] is an ambitious study that pursues issues of reflexivity in relation to the commodification of signs and symbols that emerge from service industries. The movement from manufacture to service industries, their globalization, and the information and knowledge these generate suggest that reflexivity is a crucial key to understanding class relationships. Debts are to Giddens and Bourdieu, but these form part of a wider enterprise that brings together a vast and unfamiliar literature drawn from the USA, Germany, Japan and England. Material on the food industry, advertising, banking, tourism, the heritage industry, films and publishing, to name a few, is mixed with a theoretical sophistication that provides a unique and indispensable account of the culture industry in all its present permutations. Themes of space, time, memory and place are also embraced in this unparalleled study, a fundamental source book, that should change the contours of debate on culture for some time to come. Written against a dystopia of postmodernism, the study underwrites the importance of culture and reflexivity. It conveys a sense of critical engagement with the "real" world as lived, which is unusual in sociology. One has to look to Bourdieu for a similar sense of compression and engagement in accounts of culture.... intriguing... underlines the significance of Lancaster in the sociological analyses of culture' - British Journal of Sociology'Reflexivity isn't what it used to be. On the evidence of this book, it's getting better.... This book is important. It has significant implication for several fields, in particular the analysis of organizations: henceforth, say Lash and Urry, these should be analysed in terms of the flow of various circuits through time, space and meaning.... it is an important publication; there is a great deal here for fertile imagination to work through. If I am not very mistaken this text will set some significant agendas' - Asia Pacific Business Review'A benchmark work of considerable significance.... The evidence presented is often entertaining' - Antipode'Lash and Urry follow up their influential study The End of Organized Capitalism with an equally ambitious and wide-ranging account of our times.... one of the attractive things about this study is the way in which several influential theories of contemporary Western societies are blended into a sophisticated analysis of late capitalism.... This is a book rich in material for reflecting on contemporary life. It deals with changes in the economy, in urban life, and in work and leisure... There are also some stimulating observations on our new experience of time and space as a result of the 'time-space compression' brought about by the revolution in information and communications. Students of society will be quarrying this book for its important insights for many years to come' - Political Studies'An ambitious and provocative account of the transformations that are convulsing 'economies' and 'societies' at the end of the twentieth century. The scare quotes are doubly necessary, because in mapping the fin-de-si[gr]ecke constellation of capitalism and postmodernity as a 'world of flows', Lash and Urry offer a lucid critique of conceptions of economies and societies as bounded systems and also demonstrate the intricate imbrications of politicoeconomic and socio-
Table of Content
Introduction After Organized CapitalismPART ONE: ECONOMIES OF OBJECTS AND SUBJECTSMobile ObjectsReflexive SubjectsPART TWO: ECONOMIES OF SIGNS AND THE OTHERReflexive Accumulation Information Structures and Production SystemsAccumulating Signs The Cultural IndustriesUngovernable Spaces The Underclass and Impacted GhettoesMobile Subjects Migration in Comparative PerspectivePART THREE: ECONOMIES OF SPACE AND TIMEPost-Industrial SpacesTime and MemoryPART FOUR: GLOBALIZATION AND MODERNITYMobility, Modernity and PlaceGlobalization and LocalizationConclusion
Copyright Date
1994
Topic
Sociology / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Lccn
93-086216
Dewey Decimal
301/.01
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
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