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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lash, Scott
• Urry, John

Titel

ECONOMIES OF SIGNS AND SPACE

Ist Teil von

• London, England: Sage Publications, 1994. vii+360 pp, 1994, p.vii+360-vii+360

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Published as part of the Theory, Culture, & Society series (Mike Featherstone, series editor), this text addresses the nature of postmodern economies & societies, using concepts from a sociology of flows & reflexivity. The book emphasizes the importance of reflexive human subjectivity in contemporary society & denounces overly structuralist conceptions of the social process leading to pessimistic scenarios for the future. It is argued that the "economies of signs & space" arising after organized capitalism offer promise in recasting meaning in work & leisure, reconstituting community, & reconstructing subjectivity. Discussion includes: the networks of flows & the phenomenon of reflexivity; the economy of flows of information, communication, & capital; the reflexive accumulation in Japanese, German, & Anglo-American production systems; vertical disintegration in film, TV, & publishing; a sociospatial analysis of the underclass; postorganized capitalist migration & postindustrialism; a critique of existing approaches to the sociology of time; travel as a category of risk in the modern world; & globalization in the context of money, the environment, & nationality. Also addressed are Ulrich Beck's & Anthony Giddens's works on risk, expert systems, & individuation & Marcel Mauss's & Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of classification & habitus. Designed for scholars interested in social & cultural theory, organizational or urban studies, & the political economy, this book is presented in IV PARTS & 12 Chpts, with a Preface. (1) Introduction: After Organized Capitalism. PART I - ECONOMIES OF OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS - offers (2) Mobile Objects; & (3) Reflexive Subjects. PART II - ECONOMIES OF SIGNS AND THE OTHER - presents (4) Reflexive Accumulation: Information Structures and Production Systems; (5) Accumulating Signs: The Culture Industries; (6) Ungovernable Spaces: The Underclass and Impacted Ghettoes; & (7) Mobile Subjects: Migration in Comparative Perspective. PART III - ECONOMIES OF SPACE AND TIME - contains (8) Post-Industrial Spaces; & (9) Time and Memory. PART IV - GLOBALIZATION AND MODERNITY - concludes with (10) Mobility; Modernity and Place. (11) Globalization and Localization; & (12) Conclusion. 4 Tables, 695 References. S. Davies