The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)Consciousness in the Late Modern Age

By Simon J. Williams

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230223664
• ISBN13: 9780230223660
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"