Sex, money and power : the transformation of collective life
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Sex, money and power : the transformation of collective life
Polity, 2004
- : pbk
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  Okinawa
  Korea
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Intimacy, choice, movement - these are the elements which make up the desirable lifestyle in the mainstream of affluent societies. They also undermine traditional forms of power and control. And they create a web of connections between individuals all over the world, which promises to be more flexible and less restrictive than any which have existed before.
Bill Jordan sets out to explain the particular attractions of this vision of freedom, equality and harmony. He traces its appeal to a formula for human institutions which emerged with the birth of the social sciences. Sex, money and political authority glued together these changing accounts of the collective world.
We are still seduced by the idea that personal autonomy and the moral sovereignty of individuals can make up a well-functioning social order. But, he argues, our present global institutions shut out the majority of the world's population, who are left to rely on quite different bonds, of blood, soil and faith.
This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of sociology and social policy, as well as of the humanities in general. It will also be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in human relationships and modern society.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Introduction.
Chapter One: Inside the Web.
Chapter Two: Intimate Connections.
Chapter Three: Sex and Self-Improvement.
Chapter Four: The Nature of Change.
Chapter Five: One the Move: Mobility as the Basis for Freedom.
Chapter Six: Keep Out: Organizations, Boundaries and Exclusions.
Chapter Seven: Organizations and Power.
Chapter Eight: Power and World Poverty.
Chapter Nine: Power, Passion and Loyalty.
Chapter Ten: Connections and Conclusions.
Notes.
Index.
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