Sex, money and power - Bill Jordan

Intimacy, choice, movement - these are the elements which make upthe desirable lifestyle in the mainstream of affluent societies.They also undermine traditional forms of power and control. Andthey create a web of connections between individuals all over theworld, which promises to be more flexible and less restrictive thanany which have existed before.





Bill Jordan sets out to explain the particular attractions of thisvision of freedom, equality and harmony. He traces its appeal to aformula for human institutions which emerged with the birth of thesocial sciences. Sex, money and political authority glued togetherthese changing accounts of the collective world.





We are still seduced by the idea that personal autonomy and themoral sovereignty of individuals can make up a well-functioningsocial order. But, he argues, our present global institutions shutout the majority of the world's population, who are left to rely onquite different bonds, of blood, soil and faith.





This book will be essential reading for students and scholars ofsociology and social policy, as well as of the humanities ingeneral. It will also be compelling reading for anyone who isinterested in human relationships and modern society.