{"product_id":"elias-canetti-and-social-theory-9781350344419","title":"Elias Canetti and Social Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElias 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, \u003ci\u003eCrowds and Power \u003c\/i\u003e(1960). While this work can sometimes be criticised for its alleged anti-historicity, anti-modernism, fixation on death, and a dark vision of humankind, \u003ci\u003eCrowds and Power \u003c\/i\u003ecan, 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. \u003ci\u003eElias Canetti and Social Theory \u003c\/i\u003eargues that the alleged anti-modernism of Canetti actually makes him \u003ci\u003emore\u003c\/i\u003e contemporary than many contemporary social-political thinkers. It deals with key concepts within socio-political theory including: commands, increase, resistance, and commonality. Each of the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this commanding and demanding book, Andrea Brighenti prolongs Elias Canetti’s dark reflections on the human condition in brutal times with a wide-ranging study of the elementary forms of power, command and crowds. Canetti is only a pre-text to return to Freud, Durkheim, Tarde and Deleuze to prepare the ground for new forms of collective resistance and individual survival in the twenty-first century. * Frederic Vandenberghe, Professor of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *\u003cbr\u003eThis deeply original book offers a most fascinatingaccount of Elias Canetti’s relevance for contemporary social theory. Brighenti brilliantly shows that, though Canetti is widely disregarded by social theorists, this is undeserved, as his work offers a fresh perspective on power, resistance, and the social bond. A truly important intervention. * Christian Borch, Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an original and thought-provoking interpretation of Canetti, and a significant addition to the far too scarce attempts at a theoretical reading of his work. * Johann P. Arnason, Emeritus professor of sociology, La Trobe University, Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction Chapter 1.  Command Chapter 2.  Increase Chapter 3. Resistance Chapter 4. Commonality  Conclusion  \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019652432215,"sku":"9781350344419","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350344419.jpg?v=1750780915","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elias-canetti-and-social-theory-9781350344419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}