Rethinking the Political: The Sacred, Aesthetic Politics, and the Collège de Sociologie

Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2011

Rethinking the Political

The Sacred, Aesthetic Politics, and the Collège de Sociologie

Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi

Volume 55 in the series McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773586673

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From 1937 to 1939, a group of French intellectuals of diverse origins and disciplines gathered under the leadership of Georges Bataille and Roger Caillois to form the Collège de Sociologie. Inspired by Durkheim's theory of the sacred as the symbolic found

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Falasca-Zamponi Simonetta :

Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Representing the Social: Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Against Aesthetics: The Anthropology of Objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The Avant-Garde Meets Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
From Contre-Attaque to the Collège: A Headless Interlude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
At the Collège: The Social in Excess Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Politics at the Collège Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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Published: December 19, 2011
ISBN: 9780773586673