{"product_id":"re-forming-the-body-philip-a-mellor-9780803977235","title":"Re-Forming the Body: Religion, Community and Modernity","description":"Through an analysis of successive re-formations of the body, this innovative and penetrating book constructs a fascinating and wide-ranging account of how the creation and evolution of different patterns of human community are intimately related to the somatic experience of the sacred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book places the relationship between the embodiment and the sacred at the crux of social theory, and casts a fresh light on the emergence and transformation of modernity. It critically examines the thesis that the rational projects of modern embodiment have  died and gone to cyberspace′, and suggests that we are witnessing the rise of a virulent, effervescent form of the sacred which is changing how people  see′ and  keep in touch′ with t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip A. Mellor, Chris Shilling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803977239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803977235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.14w x 0.62d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip A. Mellor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321222263039,"sku":"9780803977235","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e133db0f-7ba2-4154-86c8-e15f3069e620.jpg?v=1696329759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/re-forming-the-body-philip-a-mellor-9780803977235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}