Alienation and the Carnivalization of Society

Herausgeber: Braun, Jerome; Langman, Lauren

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective, revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx, Simmel, Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society. It examines the escapist potentials for good and for ill in modern society - those fostered by commercial interests, and those maintained by individuals and groups as their form of resisting alienation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415846011
• ISBN-10: 0415846013
• Artikelnr.: 37085136

Autorenporträt

Jerome Braun is an independent scholar and author in interdisciplinary social science. Lauren Langman is Professor of Sociology at Loyola University.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Alienation in Modern Mass Society: Its Consequences in Producing
Post-Modernity That Is Increasingly Similar to Pre-Modernity 1. The Rise of
the Nazis as an Example of Sadistic Carnival Jerome Braun 2. Democracy and
the Dilemmas of Nation-Building Jerome Braun 3. The Gap Between the Ideal
and the Real in Politics: A Comparative Perspective Jerome Braun 4. The
Increasing Similarities Between Post-Modernity and Pre-Modernity Jerome
Braun Section 2: The Carnivalization of Society 5. Alienation, Entrapment
and Inauthenticity: Carnival to the Rescue Lauren Langman 6.
Carnivalization and Freedom: A Shortcut to the Overcoming of Alienation
Kathleen Pacyna 7. Theorizing Carnival: Mardi Gras as Perceived, Conceived,
and Lived Space Kevin Fox Gotham 8. Authoritarianism and Carnivalization in
the 2008 Presidential Election and the Return of Right-Wing Populism
George N. Lundskow 9. The Dialectics of Carnival: From Bakhtin to
Baudrillard William J. Swart and Dan Krier Section 3: Conclusion
Conclusion Shlomo Shoham