Bryan S. Turner

Bio: Bryan S. Turner is an academic researcher from Australian Catholic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Citizenship & Politics. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 511 publications receiving 21116 citations. Previous affiliations of Bryan S. Turner include King's College London & City University of New York.

Review Article: Missing bodies – towards a sociology of embodiment

Abstract: C Herzlich and J Pierret, Illness and Self in Society, Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, 1987, £2050 (cloth), xvi + 271 pp, translated by E Forster W Laqueur, Making Sex: Body and gender from the Greeks to Freud, Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1990, £1995 (cloth), x + 313 pp D Leder, The Absent Body, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990, £2795 and £1195, x + 218 pp I Lowy, The Polish School of Philosophy of Medicine From Tytus Chalubinski (1820–1889) to Ludwig Fleck (1896–1961), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic publishers, 1990, $7800 and £4400, vii + 287 pp, translated by I Lowy E Martin, The Woman in the Body, a cultural analysis of reproduction, Milton Keynes, the Open University Press, 1989, £2500 and £799, ix + 276 pp M-C Pouchelle, The Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press and Oxford: Polity Press, 1990, $4000 and £3500, vii + 276 pp, translated by R Morris

Interpreting human rights : social science perspectives

Abstract: 1. Human Rights Research and the Social Sciences Rhiannon Morgan 2. Political Science and Human Rights Todd Landman 3. The Right to Health Michael Freeman 4. Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Anthropology and the Question of Rights to Culture Colin Samson 5. Democratic Rights Kate Nash 6. What Could it Mean to Take Human Rights Seriously? Anthony Woodiwiss 7. Forging Indigenous Rights at the United Nations: A Social Constructionist Account Rhiannon Morgan 8. The New Humanism: Beyond Modernity and Postmoderninty Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada 9. Corporations and Human Rights Gideon Sjoberg 10. A Sociology of Citizenship and Human Rights: Does Social Theory Still Exist? Bryan S. Turner

Shari’a and legal pluralism in the West

Abstract: Since 9/11, the possibilities for pluralism and tolerance have been severely tested by a discourse of terrorism and security. The development of an intelligent and cosmopolitan understanding between religious communities in Europe and America has been compromised by a range of legal and political responses to terrorism. While the debate about the berqa has clearly indicated the problems relating to Muslim cultural differences, we argue that legal pluralism and in particular the question of Shari’a tribunals may prove to be a more decisive test of Western multiculturalism. This article examines the many criticisms raised against religious arbitration in domestic affairs and considers the presence of the Shari’a at various levels of society, claiming that the evolution of Sharia-mindedness is compatible both with a faith-based life and with liberal ideals. However, the problem with religious courts lies elsewhere, namely with the fragmentation of social life and the erosion of citizenship. The article concl...

Contemporary dilemmas of Israeli citizenship

Abstract: Contemporary Israel is engaged in religious, national and ethnic struggles over the definition of citizenship, and this political struggle translates into a series of practical questions relating t...

Possessions and the extended self.

Abstract: Our possessions are a major contributor to and reflection of our identities A variety of evidence is presented supporting this simple and compelling premise Related streams of research are identified and drawn upon in developing this concept and implications are derived for consumer behavior Because the construct of extended self involves consumer behavior rather than buyer behavior, it appears to be a much richer construct than previous formulations positing a relationship between self-concept and consumer brand choice

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

Abstract: Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

The archaeology of knowledge

Abstract: We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.