{"product_id":"9781412945172","title":"Intensive Culture: Social Theory, Religion and Contemporary Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary culture, today’s capitalism - our global information society - is ever-expanding— is ever more \u003ci\u003eextensive\u003c\/i\u003e. And yet we seem to be experiencing a parallel phenomenon which can only be characterized as \u003ci\u003eintensive\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is dedicated to the study of such intensive culture. While extensive culture is a culture of the same: a culture of fixed \u003ci\u003eequivalence\u003c\/i\u003e; intensive culture is a culture of \u003ci\u003edifference\u003c\/i\u003e, of \u003ci\u003ein-equivalence\u003c\/i\u003e – the singular. Intensities generate what we encounter. They are virtuals or possibilities, always in process and always in movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLash carefully defines and distinguishes the intensive from the extensive tracking this change through key areas of social life including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilosophy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunication \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045437030640,"sku":"9781412945172","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412945172_p0.jpg?v=1763726766","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412945172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}