R Stones
Biographic Data
| ID | 12266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Stones |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Stones |
| SIGNATURE | STONES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0495-8622 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Successful societies
Combining moral philosophy with sociological theory to build on themes introduced in Hall and Lamont's Successful Societies (2009), the paper outlines a distinctive perspective. It holds that a necessary condition of successful societies is that decision-makers base their decisions on a high level of attentiveness (concern and comprehension) towards subjectively valued and morally legitimate forms of life. Late modern societies consist of a plura…
One world is not enough
The paper is based on original empirical research into the lifestyle migration of European migrants, primarily British, to Thailand and Malaysia, and of Hong Kong Chinese migrants to Mainland China. We combine strong structuration theory (SST) with Heideggerian phenomenology to develop a distinctive approach to the interplay between social structures and the lived experience of migrants. The approach enables a rich engagement with the subjectivit…
Social theory, current affairs, and Thailand’s political turmoil
The paper argues for social theory's potential for productive critical engagement with news and current affairs accounts. Such accounts typically offer free-floating, surface, spectacles, and oversimplified linear narratives. Social theory suggests that it is much more appropriate to embed complex social processes in plural and configurational narratives. A synthesis of strong structuration theory, critical realism, and cultural sociology is empl…
Social theory, documentary film and distant others
Social theory, documentary film and distant others
Framed by the ethical considerations of Martha Nussbaum on `the lives of distant others' and Zygmunt Bauman on `being-for' the Other, this article critically analyses Australian director Denis O'Rourke's `documentary fiction film' The Good Woman of Bangkok, the story of Aoi, a woman from a rural village in Udon in the northeast of Thailand who works in the Bangkok sex trade. The analysis attempts to give specificity and critical precision to what…
Abstract Intimacies
One world is not enough
The paper is based on original empirical research into the lifestyle migration of European migrants, primarily British, to Thailand and Malaysia, and of Hong Kong Chinese migrants to Mainland China. We combine strong structuration theory (SST) with Heideggerian phenomenology to develop a distinctive approach to the interplay between social structures and the lived experience of migrants. The approach enables a rich engagement with the subjectivit…
Successful societies
Combining moral philosophy with sociological theory to build on themes introduced in Hall and Lamont's Successful Societies (2009), the paper outlines a distinctive perspective. It holds that a necessary condition of successful societies is that decision-makers base their decisions on a high level of attentiveness (concern and comprehension) towards subjectively valued and morally legitimate forms of life. Late modern societies consist of a plura…
Social theory, documentary film and distant others
Framed by the ethical considerations of Martha Nussbaum on `the lives of distant others' and Zygmunt Bauman on `being-for' the Other, this article critically analyses Australian director Denis O'Rourke's `documentary fiction film' The Good Woman of Bangkok, the story of Aoi, a woman from a rural village in Udon in the northeast of Thailand who works in the Bangkok sex trade. The analysis attempts to give specificity and critical precision to what…
Social theory, current affairs, and Thailand’s political turmoil
The paper argues for social theory's potential for productive critical engagement with news and current affairs accounts. Such accounts typically offer free-floating, surface, spectacles, and oversimplified linear narratives. Social theory suggests that it is much more appropriate to embed complex social processes in plural and configurational narratives. A synthesis of strong structuration theory, critical realism, and cultural sociology is empl…
Abstract Intimacies
Social theory, documentary film and distant others
Social theory, documentary film and distant others
Framed by the ethical considerations of Martha Nussbaum on `the lives of distant others' and Zygmunt Bauman on `being-for' the Other, this article critically analyses Australian director Denis O'Rourke's `documentary fiction film' The Good Woman of Bangkok, the story of Aoi, a woman from a rural village in Udon in the northeast of Thailand who works in the Bangkok sex trade. The analysis attempts to give specificity and critical precision to what…
Social theory, current affairs, and Thailand’s political turmoil
The paper argues for social theory's potential for productive critical engagement with news and current affairs accounts. Such accounts typically offer free-floating, surface, spectacles, and oversimplified linear narratives. Social theory suggests that it is much more appropriate to embed complex social processes in plural and configurational narratives. A synthesis of strong structuration theory, critical realism, and cultural sociology is empl…
One world is not enough
The paper is based on original empirical research into the lifestyle migration of European migrants, primarily British, to Thailand and Malaysia, and of Hong Kong Chinese migrants to Mainland China. We combine strong structuration theory (SST) with Heideggerian phenomenology to develop a distinctive approach to the interplay between social structures and the lived experience of migrants. The approach enables a rich engagement with the subjectivit…
Successful societies
Combining moral philosophy with sociological theory to build on themes introduced in Hall and Lamont's Successful Societies (2009), the paper outlines a distinctive perspective. It holds that a necessary condition of successful societies is that decision-makers base their decisions on a high level of attentiveness (concern and comprehension) towards subjectively valued and morally legitimate forms of life. Late modern societies consist of a plura…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)