Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves Nature, Labour, Knowled
In this book, a celebration of the work of the sociologist Peter Dickens serves as the catalyst for exploring the relationship between human ‘internal nature’ (our health and psychological well-being) and ‘external nature’ (the environment on which we dep
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JAMES S. ORMROD
Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves
James S. Ormrod Editor
Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves Nature, Labour, Knowledge and Alienation
Editor James S. Ormrod School of Applied Social Science University of Brighton Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-56990-5 ISBN 978-1-137-56991-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56991-2
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Essays in Honour of Peter Dickens
Preface
This book emerges from a festschrift symposium held in honour of the British sociologist Peter Dickens at the University of Brighton in July 2013. A few years ago now, Peter admitted to me that he was at a hiatus. Having finished a number of projects (some of which we co-authored) around the sociology of the universe, he was unsure of his next move. With the 40th anniversary of his first lecturing appointment then on the horizon, it seemed to me the perfect time to take stock of his contribution to the social sciences. However, with the exception of the first two chapters, the other papers in the festschrift are, by Peter’s typically humble request, not papers centrally discussing his work, but papers that address issues that have also been of concern to him. All of the contributors to this volume were suggested by Peter as people whose work has inspired him, although they would no doubt return the compliment. The reader will find relatively little in this volume that is retrospective, but for those unfamiliar with Peter’s career, I offer a necessa
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