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Edgework : The Sociology of Risk-Taking by Stephen Lyng, Lyng S is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Edgework : The Sociology of Risk-Taking about?
<p>What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explor
Who reads Edgework : The Sociology of Risk-Taking?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stephen Lyng, Lyng S
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415932172
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Psychology, Sociology, Social_sciences
- Updated
- 2026-03-25