Sam Han (Singapore Nanyang Technological University)

The Concept of Tragedy

Its Importance for the Social Sciences in Unsettled Times

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the notion of à â Ë the tragicà â â from the perspective of social science. Tracing the history of tragedy and arguing for the relevance of the concept for social science today, it develops the idea of à â Ë tragic social scienceà â â as a useful analytic to be applied to a range of modern topics.

Produktdetails

• Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780367620332
• ISBN-10: 0367620332
• Artikelnr.: 67252693

Autorenporträt

Sam Han is Lecturer in Sociology at Brunel University, London. He is the author of (Inter)Facing Death: Life in Global Uncertainty, Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-Secular Modernity and Digital Culture and Religion in Asia (with Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir), and other works.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Why tragedy? Why now?
Part I
2. Beyond intentionality: the will, agency, and subjectivity in ancient
and classical tragedy
3. The tragic individual: catharsis, the hero, and the flaw in Aristotle
and beyond
4. Modern tragedy and its subjects: Shakespeare, Freud, and
post-Christian metaphysics
Part II
5. The theodicy of suffering: abjection under capitalism
6. From hero to celebrity: Fame, familiarity, and redemption
7. Tragedy of the commons: genre and collective agency amidst climate
change and the COVID-19 pandemic
8. Toward a tragic social science: responsibility, critique, and
thinking diffractively