Larry Ray is an academic writer whose work delves into sociology, culture, and politics. His research has spanned the globe, taking him to diverse regions such as Kenya, India, the USA, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand. Ray's writing focuses on the analysis of social phenomena and the critical examination of cultural and political processes. His texts are characterized by deep insights into complex social structures and their historical contexts, exploring the interplay of global and local forces.
Utilizing a sociological perspective, the book explores theoretical debates surrounding violence, enriched by the author's extensive research and case studies. It addresses critical topics such as gender and violence, collective violence, and the role of media in perpetuating violence, offering a comprehensive and engaging analysis that brings theoretical concepts to life.
Giving an account of globalization, this work develops two themes. It first looks at globalization as an outcome of structural and cultural processes that manifest in different ways in economy, politics, culture and organizations. It then explores globalization as sustained and created by the everyday actions of people and institutions.
This important collection illuminates Georg Simmel's concern with the dilemmas and contradictions of modernity. Part I brings together commentaries on Simmel's sociology in the context of Marx, Weber and Durkheim. In the second part articles examine the ways in which the fragmentary style of formal sociology is unified by an abiding concern to understand the 'fate' of cultural modernity. The underlying thematic structure of Simmel's work, despite its fragmentary appearance, is taken up in section III.