Alienation and the Carnivalization of Society

ISBN-13: 9780415888783 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 214 str.

Jerome Braun;Lauren Langman;?Abar

Opis

This text examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective, revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx, Simmel, Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society.

Spis treści

Section 1: Alienation in Modern Mass Society: Its Consequences in Producing Post-Modernity That Is Increasingly Similar to Pre-Modernity  1. The Rise of the Nazis as an Example of Sadistic Carnival  Jerome Braun  2. Democracy and the Dilemmas of Nation-Building  Jerome Braun  3. The Gap Between the Ideal and the Real in Politics: A Comparative Perspective  Jerome Braun  4. The Increasing Similarities Between Post-Modernity and Pre-Modernity  Jerome Braun  Section 2: The Carnivalization of Society  5. Alienation, Entrapment and Inauthenticity: Carnival to the Rescue  Lauren Langman  6. Carnivalization and Freedom: A Shortcut to the Overcoming of Alienation  Kathleen Pacyna  7. Theorizing Carnival: Mardi Gras as Perceived, Conceived, and Lived Space  Kevin Fox Gotham  8. Authoritarianism and Carnivalization in the 2008 Presidential Election and the Return of Right-Wing Populism  George N. Lundskow  9. The Dialectics of Carnival: From Bakhtin to Baudrillard  William J. Swart and Dan Krier  Section 3: Conclusion  Conclusion  Shlomo Shoham

O autorze

Jerome Braun is an independent scholar and author in interdisciplinary social science.

Lauren Langman is Professor of Sociology at Loyola University.