Mike Featherstone
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Mike Featherstone is Director of the Theory, Culture & Society
Centre and research professor of sociology
and communications. Featherstone was research professor at Nottingham Trent University
, UK and is visiting professor in Barcelona, Geneva, Kyoto, Recife, São Paulo, Tokyo and Vancouver. He has also been influential in generating international funding and organizing conferences such as the Ubiquitous Media Conference (2005) in Tokyo.He is founding editor of the journal Theory, Culture & Society
(1982-) and the Theory, Culture & Society Book Series (1991-). He is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Body & Society (1995-).
Featherstone is the author of Consumer Culture and Postmodernism (1991, second edition 2007) and Undoing Culture: Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity (1995). He is the co-author of Surviving Middle Age (1982). He is the editor of Postmodernism (1988), Global Culture (1990), Georg Simmel (1991) Cultural Theory and Cultural Change (1992), Love and Eroticism (1999), Body Modification (2000). Co-editor of The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (1991), Global Modernities (1995), Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk: Cultures of Technological Embodiment (1995), Images of Ageing (1995), Simmel on Culture (1997), Spaces of Culture (1999) and Recognition and Difference (2002), Automobilities (2005), Problematizing Global Knowledge (2006). His main research interests are social theory
and cultural theory, consumer culture and global culture, ageing
and the body
. His books and articles have been translated into sixteen languages.
Theory, Culture & Society
Theory, Culture & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1982 and covers sociology, cultural, and social theory. It is published by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Mike Featherstone...
Centre and research professor of sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
and communications. Featherstone was research professor at Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University is a public teaching and research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as a new university in 1992 from the existing Trent Polytechnic , however it can trace its roots back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design...
, UK and is visiting professor in Barcelona, Geneva, Kyoto, Recife, São Paulo, Tokyo and Vancouver. He has also been influential in generating international funding and organizing conferences such as the Ubiquitous Media Conference (2005) in Tokyo.He is founding editor of the journal Theory, Culture & Society
Theory, Culture & Society
Theory, Culture & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1982 and covers sociology, cultural, and social theory. It is published by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Mike Featherstone...
(1982-) and the Theory, Culture & Society Book Series (1991-). He is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Body & Society (1995-).
Featherstone is the author of Consumer Culture and Postmodernism (1991, second edition 2007) and Undoing Culture: Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity (1995). He is the co-author of Surviving Middle Age (1982). He is the editor of Postmodernism (1988), Global Culture (1990), Georg Simmel (1991) Cultural Theory and Cultural Change (1992), Love and Eroticism (1999), Body Modification (2000). Co-editor of The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (1991), Global Modernities (1995), Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk: Cultures of Technological Embodiment (1995), Images of Ageing (1995), Simmel on Culture (1997), Spaces of Culture (1999) and Recognition and Difference (2002), Automobilities (2005), Problematizing Global Knowledge (2006). His main research interests are social theory
Social theory
Social theories are theoretical frameworks which are used to study and interpret social phenomena within a particular school of thought. An essential tool used by social scientists, theories relate to historical debates over the most valid and reliable methodologies , as well as the primacy of...
and cultural theory, consumer culture and global culture, ageing
Ageing
Ageing or aging is the accumulation of changes in a person over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline...
and the body
Body
With regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death...
. His books and articles have been translated into sixteen languages.