Barry Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth and has longstanding research interests in the fields of social theory, political economy, and philosophy. His research interests include critical social research ethics; higher education; and collaborative work on veganism, ethics, lifestyle and environment.
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Analysis after Ambivalence Postmodern In(ter)ventions Reflexivity, Modernity and Sociology Responsible Subjects Body, Self, Community Ethical Relations Indeterminate Justice Morality after Ambivalence
`In the grand tradition of classical social theory, Barry Smart challenges us to face up to the ambivalences of the contemporary moment and to take responsibility for our individual and social existence' - Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles ` A brilliant excursus through modern social theory, Smart's book should be read and re-read for its careful analysis of the dilemmas of morality in postmodernism' - Bryan S Turner, University of Cambridge