The Politics of Sleep

Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

• Author(s): S. Williams,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 198
• ISBN_10: 0230305377
  ISBN_13: 9780230305373
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Personality , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Psychology / Research & Methodology , Psychology / General ,

Description:... 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.