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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
wiley   +1 more source

Equal before time: on the sensory suspension of accumulated time in Sichuan, China Égaux devant le temps : suspension sensorielle du temps accumulé au Sichuan (Chine)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Food and alcohol indulgence, along with tea‐drinking, gambling, and gossip, are integral to a characteristically Sichuanese ethos of ‘life enjoyment’ (xiangshou shenghuo). Beyond mere pleasure, sensory, ludic, and comic experiences temporarily strip participants of both their formal and subjective qualities.
Angel Nayden
wiley   +1 more source

“What can I hope for?” Sociology of Hope and Law in Urban Studies

Социология власти
The article shows how the concept of "hope" in the space of urban everyday 9 life suggests the way to analyze fluid urban social interactions. The conceptualizations of hope in urban studies remain rather vague, therefore the article proposes redefining ...
Natalia A. Volkova
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SZTUKA W ESEISTYCZNYM UJĘCIU GEORGA SIMMLA – PRÓBA SYNTEZY [PDF]

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2013
Celem artykułu jest opisanie pojęcia sztuki występującego w refleksji Georga Simmla. Autorka tekstu przedstawia stanowisko filozofa, odwołując się przede wszystkim do jego esejów dotyczących sztuki, takich jak Ilość estetyczna, Rama obrazu ...
Dominika Czakon
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Les vides tragicòmiques de la teoria: valors d’una existència simmeliana

Digithum, 2019
Durant la seva carrera, el filòsof i sociòleg Georg Simmel es va esforçar repetidament a tractar la crisi de la cultura moderna, tot recorrent a un repertori ampli de discursos acadèmics i ficcions imaginatives.
Thomas Kemple
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GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
wiley   +1 more source

The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source

Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
wiley   +1 more source

The wider network of social relationships and desistance from crime

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has focused on marriage as a key relationship associated with crime cessation. Yet particularly within the contemporary context, relationships with parents, peers, and other family members may also foster or inhibit progress toward desistance.
Peggy C. Giordano, Jennifer E. Copp, Megan Swinehart, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Histoire d'une rencontre manquée. Walter Benjamin et le Collège de sociologie [PDF]

Synergies Pays Germanophones, 2017
Les liens qui unirent Walter Benjamin aux membres du Collège de Sociologie, le collectif créé en 1937 et auquel participèrent entre autres Georges Bataille et Roger Caillois, restent aujourd’hui encore très peu connus.
Veronica Ciantelli
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