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Edgework
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociologyand the Real World.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780415932172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (02 December 2004)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 590 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 159 x 20 mm
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