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AbstractVirtually all theorists agree that one indispensable antecedent of economic development is the existence of innovators who discover and implement better ways of organizing the resources of production and exchange. Such an emphasis on entrepreneurial innovation and investment has characterized economic thought since Adam Smith, and it was voiced again in a modified form by Joseph Schumpeter:The slow and continuous increase in time of the national supply of productive means and savings is obviously an important factor in explaining the course of economic history through the centuries, but it is overshadowed by the fact that development consists primarily in employing existing resources in a different way, in doing new things with them (1949:68).

Reviews how the body/self has been theorized across various disciplines & explores the potential of previous sociological theories for developing a sociology of the body/person in relation to selfhood & global capitalism. The cross-cultural & comparative contributions to this special journal issue are organized around several leading themes: (1) how the body is socially, culturally, & politically constructed for various purposes & its significance in different contexts, (2) the impact of global capitalism & commodification on the construction of bodies & selves, (3) the political & psychological influences of the electronic media on the shaping of selves & sensualities, & (4) ways that individuals utilize the media in self-definition & civic discourse. Bodies & identities are seen simultaneously as resources & constraints & as sites of domination & resistance in contemporary, postmodern, capitalist societies. 47 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

The social function of narratives, particularly in their view of the self & the individual's relationship to society, is discussed, focusing on the way that they help integrate bodies, identities, & societies via an "iconic social representation of moral action." A metaphor of narrative is advanced as a way of understanding bodies & selves & how they are shaped by social & historical processes. Focusing on the Western world, the evolution of the early Protestant body/self as it emerged from the Catholicism of the Middle Ages & was transmogrified into modern individualism is traced. Then, the emergence of the postmodern body/self is described, highlighting the centrality of the mass media in its formation & socialization. The postmodern "aestheticization" of production & consumption & the relationship between aesthetics, the body/self, & economics under global capitalism are examined. Postmodern, poststructuralist, & narrative perspectives on the body/self are compared, & the political & moral challenges of self-narration in a commodified culture are considered. 128 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Reviews how the body/self has been theorized across various disciplines & explores the potential of previous sociological theories for developing a sociology of the body/person in relation to selfhood & global capitalism. The cross-cultural & comparative contributions to this special journal issue are organized around several leading themes: (1) how the body is socially, culturally, & politically constructed for various purposes & its significance in different contexts, (2) the impact of global capitalism & commodification on the construction of bodies & selves, (3) the political & psychological influences of the electronic media on the shaping of selves & sensualities, & (4) ways that individuals utilize the media in self-definition & civic discourse. Bodies & identities are seen simultaneously as resources & constraints & as sites of domination & resistance in contemporary, postmodern, capitalist societies. 47 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

This article provides an historical contest for efforts in the United States to overcome educational exclusion since World War II, from academic apartheid to affirmative action and, more recently, from race-based criteria of selection to what is called diversity. Central criticisms and problems of diversity are identified, their validity is assessed, and suggestions as to how they may be rejoined or overcome are provided.