Edgework
The Sociology of Risk-Taking
What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks, and extreme…
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-93216-5
- EAN: 9780415932165
- Produktnummer: 23177471
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.0 cm 750 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 750
Über den Autor
Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociologyand the Real World.
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