Elias Canetti and Social Theory: The Bond of Creation

by Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Book Overview

Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly being recognised in the social and political sciences for the seminal text, Crowds and Power(1960). While this work can sometimes be criticised for its alleged anti-historicity, anti-modernism, fixation on death, and a dark vision of humankind, Crowds and Powercan, in fact, be interpreted as a study and a critiqueof...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350344400
• ISBN13: 9781350344402
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"