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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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-135-95461-1
- EAN: 9781135954611
- Produktnummer: 18433465
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'735 KB
- Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen
Über den Autor
Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociology and the Real World.
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