The Body | Dr Chris Shilling | Think Kent

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The body is an amazing mechanism that enables us to exist, move and function throughout our daily lives, but we often overlook its importance for our social identities and for the maintenance and development of societies. In this talk, Dr Chris Shilling from the University of Kent highlights how 'body matters' are key to contemporary social trends and problems, explores the potential of classical sociology to aid our understanding of embodiment, and identifies some of the multiple reasons why the body has become a source of conflict in the contemporary era.

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ABOUT DR CHRIS SHILLING
Dr Chris Shilling is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies (Research) in SSPSSR at the University of Kent, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Uppsala. He teaches modules on 'Cultures of Embodiment', 'Sociology of Religion' and 'Foundations of Sociology', and his monographs include ‘The Body and Social Theory’ (3rd edition 2012), ‘Changing Bodies’ (2008), ‘The Body in Culture’, ‘Technology and Society’ (2005), and (with Philip A. Mellor) ‘Sociology of the Sacred’ (2014), ‘The Sociological Ambition’ (2001), and ‘Reforming the Body. Religion, Community and Modernity’ (1997). His latest book is ‘The Body. A Very Short Introduction’ published in January 2016 with Oxford University Press (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-body-a-very-short-introduction-9780198739036?cc=gb&lang=en&).

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