Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Founding Narratives of Modernity and the Logics of Social Change 3. The Deconstructive Turn 4. Postmodernity and the Cultural Turn 5. Late Modernity and the Reflexive Turn 6. Reconstructing Self and Identity 7. Reflexive Relating and Intimacy 8. Death, Deskilling and Life-Politics 9. The Sociology of Reflexivity or Reflexive Sociology?

About the Author

Brian Heaphy is Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester University. His sociological interests include theories of social and cultural change and changing patterns of personal life.