The Politics of Sleep

Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

S. Williams

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Palgrave Macmillan
29 March 2011

Social issues & processes; Sleep & dreams; Medical sociology

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.

By: S. Williams
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780230223677
ISBN 10: 0230223672
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 29 March 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The Politics of Sleep? Restless Times? Waking up to 'Fast' Capitalism (Ir)Responsibility: Vigilance, Virtue and the Politics of Blame (In)Justice: The Rights and Wrongs of Sleep Unconsciousness/Unruliness: The Sleep of Reason and the Politics of…Release? Technoscientific Transformations: Sleep Science, Biomedicine and the Future of Sleep… Afterword: In Search of Sleep… References

SIMON J. WILLIAMS Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He is author of ten books, including Sleep and Society; Medicine and the Body and Emotion and Social Theory, innumerable journal articles and book chapters, and edits a book series with Routledge, Critical Studies on Health and Society.

Reviews for The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

[Simon Williams'] scholarship is at its most exceptional. - Contemporary Sociology This carefully crafted book is beautifully written, providing an elegant and convincing argument of relevance for sociologists of health and illness, as well as sociologists of the body and those interested in broader structural issues associated with global capitalism. - Sociology of Health and Illness