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Elias Canetti and Social Theory - The Bond of Creation

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Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly being recognised in the social and political sciences for the seminal text, Crowds and Power (1960). While this work can sometimes be criticised for its alleged anti-historicity, anti-modernism, fixation on death, and a dark vision of humankind, Crowds and Power can, in fact, be interpreted as a study and a critique of the mono-dimensionality and the obsessiveness of power. In Canetti''s own words, it is an attempt ''to find the weak spot of power'' and, ultimately, an invitation to recognise and explore the endless richness of human transformations. Elias Canetti and Social Theory argues that the alleged anti-modernism of Canetti actually makes him more contemporary than many contemporary social-political thinkers. It deals with key concepts within socio-political theory including: commands, increase, resistance, and commonality. Each of these ideas is connected with real, lived social realities making this book a compelling argument for Canetti''s crucial relevance today.>

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Authors Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Brighenti Andrea Mubi
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.07.2024
 
EAN 9781350344402
ISBN 978-1-350-34440-2
No. of pages 216
Dimensions 150 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous

Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy

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