Edgework | The Sociology of Risk-Taking

Stephen Lyng

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ISBN 10: 0415932173 ISBN 13: 9780415932172

Published by Routledge, 2004

Language: English

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Edgework | The Sociology of Risk-Taking

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0415932173

ISBN 13

9780415932172

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Taschenbuch

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What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks, and extreme sport.

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Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociologyand the Real World.

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