Activists and emotional reflexivity: towards Touraine's subject as social movement

Activists are embedded in the world that they are endeavouring to change. However, to become a Subject, capable of truly creating society, Touraine argues that individuals need to be deintegrated. Achieving such deintegration involves developing skills in self-reflection. This research examines the...

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Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 2006-10, Vol.40 (5), p.873-892
Main Author: King, Debra S
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Australia
Emotions
Modernity
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Social change
Social construction
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