Robert Van Krieken

Celebrity Society (eBook, PDF)

The Struggle for Attention

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume outlines how the 'celebrification of society' is not just the twentieth-century product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process, beginning with Christian saints, the printing press, theatre and art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351587235
• Artikelnr.: 54786697

Autorenporträt

Robert van Krieken is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney, and Visiting Professor at University College, Dublin. His research interests include the sociology of law, criminology, childhood, processes of civilization and decivilization, organizations, cultural genocide, populism, and ressentiment, as well as contributing to the theoretical debates around the work of Elias, Foucault, Luhmann, and Latour. Previous books include Norbert Elias (1998), Celebrity and the Law (2010, co-authored), and Sociology (6th edition, 2016, co-authored).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: understanding celebrity society 1. The foundations: individualism
media and the public sphere
theatre
court society 2. Celebrity's secret: the economy of attention 3. Celebrity as a social form: status
charisma and power 4. Imagined community
self-formation
and long-distance intimacy 5. Celebrity politics: performance
populism
and philanthropy 6. CEO
firm and worker celebrity 7. Celebrity in cyberspace: micro-celebrity and globalization Conclusion: the elusive rationality of celebrity