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Klappentext `This is a highly original, indeed an extraordinary book, standing out among the conventional philosophical treatments of subjectivity and reaching beyond the conventional area of investigation. Boyne's feat is to find overlooked and unexplored angles which recast one of the perennial and ostensibly thoroughly familiar philosophical issues in a novel and fascinating light' - Zygmunt Bauman This book explores the relationships between visual culture, social theory and the individual. Visual culture has emerged as a central area of debate and research in contemporary sociology, yet the field is still underdefined. In particular, the relationship between visual culture and the individual remains obscure. Sociologists have insisted that all aspects of the individual are open to sociological explanation. The result is that the individual sometimes seems to have been theorized away from sociological understanding. Using a wide range of resources from Bourdieu's action theory and the contribution of actor network theory, through to the artistic explorations of Francis Bacon and Barnett Newman, this book shows how the concept of the individual is being reconstructed.This book explores the relationships between visual culture, social theory and the individual. Using a range of resources from Bourdieu's action theory and the contribution of actor network theory, through to the artistic explorations of Bacon and Newman, this book shows how the concept of the individual is being reconstructed. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THE DENIAL OF THE SUBJECT IN SOCIOLOGY Introduction Bourdieu and the Sociological Tradition Actor Network Theory The Place of the Subject within Constructionist Sociology PART TWO: KEEPING TO THE SUBJECT: SUBJECTIVITY IN MODERN ART Introduction Barnett Newman Existentialism and the Transcendent Subject Georg Baselitz Fragmented Subjectivity Carnality and Power The Human Subject in the Work of Francis Bacon PART THREE: LOCATING THE SUBJECT Introduction Kieslowski's Three Subjects Only in the Present Subjectivity and Time ...
