The Politics of Sleep · Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age
- Authors
- Williams, Simon J.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Tags
- authority , social psychology , power (social sciences) , health & fitness , social policy , general , social science , sleep , sleep & sleep disorders , public policy , sociology , psychology , political science , disease & health issues
- ISBN
- 9780230223660
- Date
- 2011-04-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.28 MB
- Lang
- en
Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.