The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

The Politics of Sleep

Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

By
Simon J. Williams
Simon J. Williams
2011 • 226 pages

Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether.

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