Review by Choice Review
Globalization has fueled social change in such ways that society, the core subject of sociology, has become "undefined," making individual identities fluid. Deploying innovative conceptual approaches, this book argues that the discourse of globalization has questioned the basic assumptions of modernization theory and challenged the notion that the nation-state constitutes the "principal territorial organization of belonging." Young sociologists Durrschmidt (Kassel Univ., Germany) and Taylor (Univ. of the West of England) further argue that globalization has brought an "in-between society" or "liminal" space. Does this "in-between society" mean to spell an end of nation-state sociology, as argued by some? The authors plead for resisting such temptation to replace nation-state sociology with yet another simplifying framework. Their book, published in conjunction with the British Sociological Association, concludes that sociology and society are still relevant in the face of excruciating changes wrought by globalization. An elegant piece of scholarship directed at the specialized audience engaged with globalization and its impact on contemporary society and sociology. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate collections in sociological theory, globalization, and modernity. T. Niazi University of Wisconsin
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
Review by Choice Review
