The Politics of Sleep [electronic resource] : Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age /
Williams, S.author.
Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Politicsof Sleep?; 1 Restless Times: Wired Awake in Fast Capitalism?; 2 Vigilance and Virtue: Sleep, Citizenship and the Politics of Blame; 3 (In)equality and (In)justice:The Rights and Wrongsof Sleep; 4 Transgression and Taboo:The 'Sleep of Reason' and the Politics of Release?; 5 Transformations and Translations: The Laboratory, the Clinic and the Futureof Sleep ...; Afterword: In Search of Sleep ... Or ... The Politics of Sleep Revisited; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Human body—Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Political sociology.
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Political Sociology.
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