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.

Introduction: Towards the ontology of frailty and rights

Abstract: The growth of development theories has resulted in acknowledging the importance of social dimensions of human development in the poverty and development discourse. Planning for children requires a careful attention to different dimensions of their lives (e.g. education, health, nutrition, shelter, etc.). This approach enables decision makers to have a better understanding of the current situation when planning for betterment of children’s lives and in order to achieve the ideal situation. The State of the World Children, an attempt by UNICEF, is an annual review and report on different dimensions of child development on a global level. One of the key indicators in this report is the Under 5 Mortality Rate. This indicator reports on the death toll of children from the time they are born until they reach their 5th birthday. For UNICEF, this is the most important indicator that could be utilized for analysis of the situation of children

Reflexive traditionalism and emergent cosmopolitanism: Some reflections On the religious imagination

Abstract: The theory of globalization has come to replace all other topics structuralism, post-structu ralism, postmodernism, gender, inequality and so forth as the all-embracing paradigm of modern sociology, and in the process the debate has generated a battery of new concepts around mobilities, glocalization, globalophilia, mondialization and of course 'the second moderniza tion' (Beck 2002). Perhaps in no other area in the social sciences has sociology been so pro minent in the field of research and yet much work has to be done on both conceptual clarifi cation and empirical inquiry. The topic has already produced a number of major publications offering an overview of the internal diversity of the field (Ritzer 2010; Turner 2010). However, the key issue within the globalization literature is quite specific, namely what are the forms of culture or consciousness that offer a normative framework for these global processes? Can a global consciousness that has been orchestrated around human rights, environmentalism and cosmopolitanism counter-balance the otherwise bleak and depressing picture of what George Ritzer (2003) has called 'the globalization of nothing' the world-wide dystopia of empty consumerism that gouges out the significance of human culture. While the intensification of global inequality may well be the inevitable outcome of the current financial crisis (Martell 2010), many sociologists and social philosophers have identified cosmopolitan ethics as a promising response to the global movement, or more accurately displacement, of people around the world (Appiah 2006). What comes after globalization may either be the emergence of a feral society to be characterized by urban decay, water wars, over-population and pandemics, or the construction of new social bonds around a shared cosmopolitan ethic. In short, the sociology of globalization has produced an important discussion of post-national sociology around an emerging 'cosmopolitan imagination' (Delanty 2009).

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.