
Feeling and Form in Social Life
Lloyd E. Sandelands(Author)
Rowman & Littlefield (Publisher)
Published on 18. December 1997
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-8476-8716-9 (ISBN)
Description
Feeling and Form in Social Life shows how a vigorous and practical science of society can be built. Drawing in part from the philosophy of Susanne Langer, Lloyd Sandelands reveals human societies to be forms of life known intuitively as feelings of a whole rather than as observed interactions of persons. These feelings, which are personal and subjective, are made public and objective by the uniquely human capacity for artistic abstraction. Through art, people turn invisible feelings and forms of society into visible objects and performances that can be shared and studied scientifically.
Reviews / Votes
Sandelands' is a wonderfully creative and challenging thesis, virtually a prolegomenon for new forms of inquiry into organized social life. The rich and sensitive blending of social science, philosophy, history and art places it in a class of its own, and will give rebirth to intuition and the senses in understanding our lives together. -- Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; author of The Saturated Self Sandelands' writing is lively, his observation of social relations is sympathetic, and his pursuit of understanding is infectious. Students will be drawn not just to the ideas of sociology and anthropology, but to a sense of why these fields matter. -- Craig Calhoun, president, Social Science Research Council; professor of sociology and history, New York University Marvelously argued, this book presents a fundamental challenge to much of contemporary social science. -- Mayer N. Zald, University of MichiganMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-8716-9 (9780847687169)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lloyd E. Sandelands is professor at the University of Michigan in the department of psychology and in the School of Business Administration. He is the author of many articles in the area of social psychology.
Content
Part 1 Part I: Puzzles Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part II: Life, Feeling, and Idea Chapter 4 Society Alive Chapter 5 The Feeling of Society Chapter 6 The Idea of Society Part 7 Part III: Society in Body and Art Chapter 8 Body and Society Chapter 9 A Turn to Art Part 10 Part IV: Art and Society Together Chapter 11 Art and Society in the Act Chapter 12 Art and Society Made Object Part 13 Part V: Promises Chapter 14 Toward a Social Science