The coming fin de siècle : an application of Durkheim's sociology to modernity and postmodernism
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The coming fin de siècle : an application of Durkheim's sociology to modernity and postmodernism
Routledge, 1992, c1991
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注記
Bibliography: p. 213-227
Includes indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book attempts to show the relevance of Durkheim's sociology to the debate on modernity and postmodernism. It does so by examining how Durkheim's ideas can be applied to current social issues. The author argues that there are striking parallels between the social context of the 1890s, when Durkheim began to publish in book form, and today. Now as then, stock markets are in constant danger of "crashing". AIDS has become the new syphillis. Medjugorje has become the new Fatima, and the Virgin Mary is predicting terrible punishments for humanity again. The book reexamines the "fin de siecle" spirit of the 19th century and applies the conclusions which emerge to the coming "fin de siecle". It argues that the fruits of the Enlightenment are either dead or dying. It concludes that a new liberalism can be founded on Nietzsche's and Durkheim's "cult of feeling", a benign irrationalism. Timely and assured, the book will appeal to readers of sociology, as well as the related disciplines of philosophy, psychology, cultural studies and history. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates of sociology, politics and cultural studies.
目次
1. Introduction 2. Defining modernity and postmodernity 3. Durkheim's era: The cult of feeling versus the cult of reason 4. Simmel and Durkheim as the first sociologists of modernity 5. Durkheim's stand on the Fin de Siecle 6. The German roots of Durkheim's Sociology 7. Ethics based on the Mind Versus the Heart, Rationality Versus Compassion 8. Medjugorje, the Virgin Mary, and Modernity 9. Postmodern Deregulation and Economic Anomie 10. Civilisation and Its Discontents, Again 11. Conclusions References.
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