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9781444332759: Durkheim and Violence: 3 (International Social Science Journal Monograph Series)
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ISBN 10: 1444332759 ISBN 13: 9781444332759
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this volume forms the foundations for a Durkheimian sociology of violence, exploring the political anthropology of war, the rapport between power and the sacred, and various forms of contemporary irrationalism ranging from mass-mediated suicide to torture at Abu Ghraib.

  • Offers new theoretical paradigms and original theory
  • Forms the foundations for a radical Durkheimian sociology of violence
  • Explores the political anthropology of war, ranging from mass-mediated suicide to torture at Abu Ghraib
  • Contributions are made be leading Durkheim experts

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About the Author

S. Romi Mukherjee is General Secretary of the French Society for Durkheimian Studies; he is also Maître de conferences in Political Theory and the History of Religions at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and Adjunct Professor in Global Studies at the University of Chicago-Paris Center. In addition to writing on the Durkheimian and Post-Durkheimian traditions, he has also published articles on cannibalism, the crisis of French Republicanism, anomie and political depression, and Deleuze and Guattari. He is currently writing a book on the sacred.

From the Back Cover

Emerging shortly after the 150th anniversary of Emile Durkheim’s birth, Durkheim and Violence, offers new and radical perspectives on one of the most pressing issue ofour age: violence. Tackling the question of violence in the Durkheimian oeuvre itself,this volume also boldly offers Durkheimian and Post Durkheimian explorations ofsuch controversial, but timely subjects such as Abu-Ghraib, mass-mediated suicide,war, and the ontology of power and the sacred.

Edited by S. Romi Mukherjee, an expert on the Durkheimian sociology of religions and Durkheimianism in inter-war France, the volume includes articles by an interdisciplinary and international cast of expert sociologists, political theorists, philosophers, and historians of religion. While confronting Durkheimianism in context, the volume also turns the Durkheimian corpus towards a confrontation with various forms of contemporary irrationalism. The volume thus reveals the currency of the Durkheimian tradition, while charting new paths in modern, post-modern, and hyper-modern theory.

From the Inside Flap

Emerging shortly after the 150th anniversary of Emile Durkheim’s birth, Durkheim and Violence, offers new and radical perspectives on one of the most pressing issue ofour age: violence. Tackling the question of violence in the Durkheimian oeuvre itself,this volume also boldly offers Durkheimian and Post Durkheimian explorations ofsuch controversial, but timely subjects such as Abu-Ghraib, mass-mediated suicide,war, and the ontology of power and the sacred.

Edited by S. Romi Mukherjee, an expert on the Durkheimian sociology of religions and Durkheimianism in inter-war France, the volume includes articles by an interdisciplinary and international cast of expert sociologists, political theorists, philosophers, and historians of religion. While confronting Durkheimianism in context, the volume also turns the Durkheimian corpus towards a confrontation with various forms of contemporary irrationalism. The volume thus reveals the currency of the Durkheimian tradition, while charting new paths in modern, post-modern, and hyper-modern theory.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1444332759
ISBN 13 
9781444332759
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
204
Editor
Mukherjee S. Romi