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Society is under siege -- under attack on two fronts: from the global frontier--land where old structures and rules do not hold and new ones are slow to take shape, and from the fluid, undefined domain of life politics.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

PART ONE: GLOBAL POLITICS.

Chapter 1. Chasing the Elusive Society.

Chapter 2. The Great Separation Mark Two.

Chapter 3. Living and Dying in the Planetary Frontier-Land.

PART TWO: LIFE POLITICS.

Chapter 4. (Un)Happiness of Uncertain Pleasures.

Chapter 5. As seen on TV.

Chapter 6. Consuming Life.

Chapter 7.From Bystander to Actor.

CONCLUSION: From Utopia with no Topos.

Notes.

Index

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      Publisher: Polity Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/9/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780745629858, 978-0745629858
      ISBN10: 0745629857
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Society is under siege -- under attack on two fronts: from the global frontier--land where old structures and rules do not hold and new ones are slow to take shape, and from the fluid, undefined domain of life politics.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements.

      Introduction.

      PART ONE: GLOBAL POLITICS.

      Chapter 1. Chasing the Elusive Society.

      Chapter 2. The Great Separation Mark Two.

      Chapter 3. Living and Dying in the Planetary Frontier-Land.

      PART TWO: LIFE POLITICS.

      Chapter 4. (Un)Happiness of Uncertain Pleasures.

      Chapter 5. As seen on TV.

      Chapter 6. Consuming Life.

      Chapter 7.From Bystander to Actor.

      CONCLUSION: From Utopia with no Topos.

      Notes.

      Index

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