Introduction Theory, Theorists And The Sociology Of Health / Graham Scambler Chapter 1. Foucault, Health And Healthcare / Alan Petersen Chapter 2. Consuming Bodies: Zygmunt Bauman On The Difference Between Fitness And Health / Paul Higgs Chapter 3. Jurgen Habermas: Politics And Morality In Health And Medicine / Gemma Edwards Chapter 4. Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory, Health And Illness / Barry Gibson And Olga Boiko Chapter 5. Bourdieu And The Impact Of Health And Illness In The Lifeworld / Sasha Scambler Chapter 6. Merleau-Ponty, Medicine And The Body / Nick Crossley Chapter 7. World System Theory And The Epidemiological Transition / Martin Hyde And Anthony Rosie Chapter 8. Archer, Morphogenesis And The Role Of Agency In The Sociology Of Health Inequalities / Graham Scambler Chapter 9. Deleuze And Guattari / Nick Fox Chapter 10. Health And Medicine In The Information Age: Castells, Informational Capitalism And The Network Society / Simon Williams
Biography
Graham Scambler is Professor of Medical Sociology at University College London, UK.
‘A well-crafted account of the work of several contemporary theorists in sociology in relation to their relevance for medical sociology. It has the potential to be highly influential in stimulating new insights and uses of the work of theorists sometimes overlooked in medical sociology’ – William C. Cockerham, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
