Escape Attempts by Stanley Cohen
The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Everyday Life
A probing sociological study of the many ways people try to get free from the demands and constraints of everyday social life, tracing physical, psychological and symbolic escape attempts—ranging from flight and withdrawal to substance use, deception, ritual and self-harm—and showing how these acts reveal tensions between individual agency and social control; using case studies and theoretical insight, it explains why escapes occur, how institutions and societies respond to them, and how attempts to flee can both challenge and reproduce existing power relations.
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