When the Center Is on Fire: Passionate Social Theory for Our Times

by Becky W. Thompson, Diane Harriford, Becky Thompson

Book Overview

In this lively and provocative book, two feminist public sociologists turn to classical social thinkers--W. E. B. Du Bois, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and ?mile Durkheim--to understand a series of twenty-first century social traumas, including the massacre at Columbine High School, the 9/11 attacks, the torture at Abu Ghraib prison, and Hurricane Katrina. Each event was overwhelming in its own right, while the relentless pace at which they occurred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292717768
• ISBN13: 9780292717763
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"