Shadow of Dionysus

A Contribution to the Sociology of the Orgy

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

Maffesoli presents a powerful argument for understanding everyday life by examining the passional logic that animates the social body. He asserts that the "circulation of sexuality," as much as the circulation of goods and services or language, is a structural component of sociality. By examining the dionysian adventure (passion, bonds of shared emotion, communal feeling), he redefines the problems of sociality and the strong hedonistic ethics present in contemporary daily life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-12-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791412404
Översättare:Linse, Cindy, Palmquist, Mary Kristina

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Michel Maffesoli is Professor of Sociology at Rene Descartes University, the Sorbonne. He is Secretary General of the Center for Research on the Imaginary, and Adjunct-Director of the Study Center on the Current and the Everyday (Paris V), and has published works on violence, bureaucracy, and daily life.

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"The topic is absolutely central: the body and sexuality throughout history. It is a major contribution to the study and history of sexuality. It has a solid historical-comparative sweep, and is written with a conviction and a power that is compelling." — Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois"This book takes up a theme important to the postmodern crisis — what is the sacred, and what does it do? It locates the sacred in direct line with everyday life and the orderliness of society." — John O'Neill, York University, Toronto

Innehållsförteckning

PrefacePreface to Second French EditionPreface to English EditionTranslator's NotesCindy LinseForewordMichel ValentinIntroduction1. Unproductive Life2. The Social Divine3. The Cosmic Union4. The Orgiastic as a Factor in Sociality5. Bacchus the Federator6. The Banal ConfusionOvertureNotes