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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790670103321

Titolo

Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the arts / / edited by Alexander Riley, W.S.F. Pickering, and William Watts Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

0-85745-918-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Publications of the Durkheim Press

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerWillie Watts

PickeringW. S. F

RileyAlexander

Disciplina

306.4/7

Soggetti

Art - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction to Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts; Chapter 1 Total Aesthetics; Chapter 2 Durkheim, the Arts, and the Moral Sword; Chapter 3 Durkheim and Festivals ; Chapter 4 The Power of Imagination and the Economy of Desire ; Chapter 5 Dostoevsky in the Mirror of Durkheim ; Chapter 6 Durkheim, L'Année sociologique, and Art; Chapter 7 Marcel Mauss on Art and Aesthetics; Chapter 8 Too Marvelous for Words . . .; Chapter 9 Total Art ; Chapter 10 Sex, Death, the Other, and Art ; Chapter 11 Apophasis in Representation

Chapter 12 Acéphale/Parsifal Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using a broad definition of the Durkheimian tradition, this book offers the first systematic attempt to explore the Durkheimians' engagement with art. It focuses on both Durkheim and his contemporaries as well as later thinkers influenced by his work. The first five chapters consider Durkheim's own exploration of art; the remaining six look at other Durkheimian thinkers, including Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert, Maurice Halbwachs, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Leiris, and Georges Bataille. The contributors-scholars from a range of theoretical orientations and disciplinary perspectives-are known for