Social Tragedy
Title | Social Tragedy PDF eBook |
Author | S. Baker |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2014-06-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137379138 |
A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies – the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 – to examine their social and political effects.
Social Tragedies
Title | Social Tragedies PDF eBook |
Author | S. T. Satterthwaite |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1897 |
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Climate Change as Social Drama
Title | Climate Change as Social Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Smith |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2015-05-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1316300978 |
Climate change is not just a scientific fact, nor merely a social and political problem. It is also a set of stories and characters that amount to a social drama. This drama, as much as hard scientific or political realities, shapes perception of the problem. Drs Smith and Howe use the perspective of cultural sociology and Aristotle's timeless theories about narrative and rhetoric to explore this meaningful and visible surface of climate change in the public sphere. Whereas most research wants to explain barriers to awareness, here we switch the agenda to look at the moments when global warming actually gets attention. Chapters consider struggles over apocalyptic scenarios, explain the success of Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth, unpack the deeper social meanings of the climate conference and 'Climategate', critique failed advertising campaigns and climate art, and question the much touted transformative potential of natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy.
Diasporic Encounters in German Social Drama: A Spatial Approach to Representations of the Turkish Diaspora in German Television Films
Title | Diasporic Encounters in German Social Drama: A Spatial Approach to Representations of the Turkish Diaspora in German Television Films PDF eBook |
Author | Emrah Yalcin |
Publisher | Cuvillier Verlag |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2021-02-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3736963734 |
Contemporary television fictions allow the audience to experience the reality of everyday life in audio-visual spaces. Thus, controversial issues discussed in German society such as homosexuality, racism or ‘clashes of cultures’ are revisited in the social drama films produced for German television through a mixture of generic conventions such as tragedy, thriller and melodrama. Consequently, the audio-visual representations of the people, who are the focus of these discussions, represent an interesting area of research. The book deals with the audio-visual spatiality of the Turkish diaspora in Berlin in three contemporary TV films in this format; namely Wut (Range, dir. Zuli Aladağ, 2006), Die Neue (The Newcomer, dir. Buket Alakuş, 2015) and Nachspielzeit (Extra-Time, dir. Andreas Pieper, 2015). Therewith, it brings a spatial approach to the issue of ‘polemical belonging of the Turkish Diaspora to the German national space’ within the audio-visual context. The proposed spatial approach presents an alternative argument to the assumptions of German politicians, who celebrate ‘a common German history that bases on Christian-Jewish identity, democracy and enlightenment’.
Facing Tragedies
Title | Facing Tragedies PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Hamilton |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3643500696 |
The essays in this volume grew out of the reflections and discussions conducted during the second international conference "Impulses from Salzburg" from May 6 to 9, 2008, on "Facing Tragedies". In accordance with the aims of this project, participants were asked to reflect not simply on the nature and meaning of tragedy but also on ways in which those who are the victims of tragedy make sense of, or cope with, their condition. It was recognised that abstract reflection is important in this regard, but also that such reflection must be rooted in ordinary, everyday. experience, and thus the conference had as one of its aims the attempt to ensure that philosophical reflection not lose the moorings it needs in the reality of ordinary life.
The Drama of Social Life
Title | The Drama of Social Life PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey C. Alexander |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2017-09-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1509518142 |
In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to Alexander’s approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. He uses this model to shed new light on a wide range of social actors, movements, and events, demonstrating through striking empirical examples the drama of social life. Producing successful dramas determines the outcome of social movements and provides the keys to political power. Modernity has neither eliminated aura nor suppressed authenticity; on the contrary, they are available to social actors who can perform them in compelling ways. This volume further consolidates Alexander’s reputation as one of the most original social thinkers of our time. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology and cultural studies as well as throughout the social sciences and humanities.
Modern Tragedy
Title | Modern Tragedy PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Williams |
Publisher | Broadview Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1966 |
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