The Shallows by Nicholas Carr: How the internet is changing the way think. A summary of chapter 1
This is my summary of chapter one of The Shallows: How the internet is changing the way we read, think […]
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Nudge Politics: a sociological analysis
‘nudge politics’ involves governments implementing small social policy measures to help people make the ‘right decisions’. This post considers some of the pros and cons of this type of social policy agenda.
Bauman’s Consuming Life A Summary – Chapter 2 – The Society of Consumers
Summary of chapter One A fairly lengthy, paraphrased summary with a few comments in italics In consumer culture people behave
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A Summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s ‘The Individualised Society’ – Part Three: The Way We Act
Thirteen – Does Love Need Reason? Love and Reason will forever fail to communicate… for three reasons. Reason is about
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Summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s The Indivdualised Society (preface)
It may sound odd doing a summary of a preface, but there is a lot of heavy stuff in here….
Summary of Liquid Modernity Chapter Four – Work
A brief summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity, chapter 4: Work.
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A Summary of Chapter Three of Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman – Time/Space
In the first section Bauman provides an overview of some of the key features of contemporary urban areas. Firstly, that
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The Condition of Postmodernity (David Harvey): A Summary of Chapter Five
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change. This is
The Condition of Postmodernity, David Harvey: Chapter 3: Postmodernism, A Summary
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change. This is
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The Condition of Postmodernity: Chapter 2
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change, chapter 2.