Anselm Strauss
Author
Publisher
AldineTransaction
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Dying is a social, biological and psychological process. It is not simply leaving life. Unless the individual dies without kin or friends, and in such a way that their death is completely undiscovered their death is recorded. Their dying is bound up with the life of society. This work is aimed at those who work with and give care to the dying.
Author
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Susan Leigh Star's (1954-2010) research encompasses aspects of infrastructural and social theory, knowledge ecologies, feminism and theories of marginality. For the first time, this volume introduces the American science and technology sociologist's most important writings in German. Her texts on border objects, marginality, infrastructures and standards are commented upon by academics and scientists in these fields, and analyzed for their relevance...