The Struggle for Attention
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Köp båda 2 för 2243 krThis book locates Elias's work clearly within the development of sociology and also against the background of current debates. Between the 1930s and the 1980s he developed a unique approach to social theory which is now beginning to take root...
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).
Introduction: understanding celebrity society 1. The foundations: individualism, media and the public sphere, theatre, court society 2. Celebritys 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