دانلود کتاب Sociology in a New Key. Essas in Social Theory and Aesthetics

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Foreword
Sociology and the Aesthetic Dimension of Contemporary Society
Aesthetics and Social Negotiation
Intimate Links Between the Beautiful, the Ethical, and the Useful
Tuning Sociology to Aesthetics
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Tuning into the New Key via a Detour of the Senses
1.1 Empiricism, Aisthetics, and Aesthetics
1.2 Sociological Perspectives on the Senses, Emotions, and the Body
Sociological Essentialism: The Identification of Social Phenomena with a ``Substance´´
The Normative Structure of the Social World
Phenomenology: The Meaning-Structure of the Social World
Sociology Beyond ``Essentialism´´
1.3 The ``New Key´´ of Basic Concepts
(Inter-)Action and Communication
Solidarity and Social Cohesion
Socialization and Education
Organization
1.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Drawing on Sociological Traditions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Aesthetic Forms of Human Life: Georg Simmel
Formal Sociology
Formal Psychology
Formal Culture Theory
2.3 The Gravitation of Emotions: Jean Marie Guyau
2.4 Aesthetic Information: The Difference that Makes a Difference-Gregory Bateson
Meaning as Redundancy
Aesthetic and Cognitive Information
Aesthetic Symbolism and the Definition of the Contingencies of Relationships
References
Chapter 3: The Senses, Emotions, and Social Systems Theory
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Cathexis in Talcott Parsons´ General Theory of Action
Aesthetics as a Component of Action: The Overcoming of the Voluntaristic Frame of Reference
The ``Affective-Cathectic Action Dimension´´: Aesthetics in Subsystems of Action
The Cultural Function: Emotional Definition of the Situation
The Social Function: Communication and Interaction of Emotions
The Personal Function: The Organization of Emotional Action Competence
Aesthetics and the Discontinuity of the Theory Development in the AGIL Paradigm
AGIL from the Processual to the Structural Scheme
The G-Function: From Motivational Orientation to Goal Attainment
3.3 Niklas Luhmann´s Phenomenological Systems Approach: The Body and the Senses as the Environment of Social Systems
Luhmann: Social Systems as Systems of Meaning-Based Communication
References
Chapter 4: Aesthetics and Society
4.1 Introduction
The Monistic Tradition in Theories of Society
Differentiation Theory
4.2 Ornaments of the Iron Cage: An Aesthetic Representation of Modern Society?
The Linkage of Geometry and Phenomenology in Kracauer´s Early Work
The Ornament as a Metaphor of Cultural-Political Discourse
Kracauer´s ``Curious Realism´´
4.3 Well-Tempered Clavier and Well-Tempered Society? Adorno and the Theory of Homomorphism Between Culture and Society
Starting Point of a Sociological ``Gnosienne pour Piano´´
Max Weber´s Rational Homomorphism: Society´s ``Iron Cage´´ and the Clavier´s Iron Frame
Adorno´s ``Cautiousness´´ and the Sociological Decoding of the Piano
4.4 Five Reflections of Society: The Rolling Stones
Sociological Explanations of Music and Musical Experience: ``The Sorcerer´s (Rolling) Stone´´?
Music, Its Forms, and History
Effervescent Music Scene and Rhythm and Blues
Formal Minimalism and Expression
The Social and Cultural Milieu
The Rolling Stones as ``Combustion Agents´´ for Abandoning Outdated Cultural and Social Forms
Fashion
Sexuality, Gender, and Changing Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Body and the Senses: Aesthetization of Society
Age
Beauty
Politics, Economy, and Differentiation of Society
``Rebels by Definition´´? Politics and the Rolling Stones
Technological Innovations: ``Mediamorphosis´´
Commodification and Authenticity
Constructivism?
Performer: Audience Interaction
The Rolling Stones and a Final Advice by Friedrich Nietzsche
References
Chapter 5: Aesthetics and Culture
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Culture as a Subsystem of Action: Autonomous and Heteronomous Functions
Parsons´ Transcendence of a ``False Dilemma´´
Culture as a Structurally Independent Subsystem
The Autonomous Function of Culture for Subsystems of Action
Heteronomous Functions of Culture for Subsystems of Action
5.3 Game of Thrones and the Aesthetics of Power
Fantasy Fiction and Social Reality
``Power Is a Curious Thing My Lord´´
The Imagery of Dragons
Resume
5.4 Georg Simmel on Rembrandt: Understanding the Human Beyond Naturalism and Conventionalism (Co-authored by Alan Scott)
References
YouTube Interviews
Chapter 6: Aesthetics and Methodology
6.1 Introduction
6.2 A Note on Clifford Geertz´ The Interpretation of Cultures
Culture Concept
Anthropological Implications
Social Cohesion
Interpretation
6.3 The Third Man and His Thick Description: A Model for the Social Construction of Unreality
Rodin´s Le Penseur as a ``Memorial´´ to The Third Man
Player, Parodist and Liar as Intention-Parasites of Le Penseur
The Social Background of The Third Man
References