K. Ludwig Pfeiffer Sociability and Society (Paperback)
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Further Details Title: Sociability and Society Condition: New Subtitle: Literature and the Symposium Author: K. Ludwig Pfeiffer Format: Paperback EAN: 9781503634848 ISBN: 9781503634848 Publisher: Stanford University Press Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: History Release Date: 03/21/2023 Description: Today, churches, political parties, trade unions, and even national sports teams are no guarantee of social solidarity. At a time when these traditional institutions of social cohesion seem increasingly ill-equipped to defend against the disintegration of sociability, K. Ludwig Pfeiffer encourages us to reflect on the cultural and literary history of social gatherings—from the ancient Athenian symposium to its successor forms throughout Western history. From medieval troubadours to Parisian salons and beyond, Pfeiffer conceptualizes the symposium as an institution of sociability with a central societal function. As such he reinforces a programmatic theoretical move in the sociology of Georg Simmel and builds on theories of social interaction and communication characterized by Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, Jürgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann, and others. To make his argument, Pfeiffer draws on the work of a range of writers, including Dr. Samuel Johnson and Diderot, Virginia Woolf and Marcel Proust, Dorothy Sayers, Joseph Conrad, and Stieg Larsson. Ultimately, Pfeiffer concludes that if modern societies do not find ways of reinstating elements of the Athenian symposium, especially those relating to its ritualized ease, decency and style of interaction, they will have to cope with increasing violence and decreasing social cohesion. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Release Year: 2023 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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