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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSandelands' is a wonderfully creative and challenging thesis, virtually a prolegomenon for new forms of inquiry into organized social life. The rich and sensitive blending of social science, philosophy, history and art places it in a class of its own, and will give rebirth to intuition and the senses in understanding our lives together. -- Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; author of The Saturated Self
Sandelands' writing is lively, his observation of social relations is sympathetic, and his pursuit of understanding is infectious. Students will be drawn not just to the ideas of sociology and anthropology, but to a sense of why these fields matter. -- Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University
Marvelously argued, this book presents a fundamental challenge to much of contemporary social science. -- Mayer N. Zald, University of Michigan
Table of ContentsPart 1 Part I: Puzzles Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part II: Life, Feeling, and Idea Chapter 4 Society Alive Chapter 5 The Feeling of Society Chapter 6 The Idea of Society Part 7 Part III: Society in Body and Art Chapter 8 Body and Society Chapter 9 A Turn to Art Part 10 Part IV: Art and Society Together Chapter 11 Art and Society in the Act Chapter 12 Art and Society Made Object Part 13 Part V: Promises Chapter 14 Toward a Social Science
