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Styling the Self: Ethics and Aesthetics in Absolute Capitalism: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

Autor Sam Han
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mai 2026
This volume examines the turn inwards, towards matters of the self, in an era characterised by suffering, destruction and death resulting from large-scale structural problems including global pandemics, economic inequality and climate change. As uncertainty on a large scale has begotten attempts at certainty on smaller ones, new social and cultural phenomena have emerged that can be understood and analyzed as new ways of crafting selfhood. With a particular focus on ‘practices of style’ that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, the author considers practices stemming from growing interest in sustainability, the popularity of tidying up and the ideology of minimalism, digital detoxing, discourses around ‘self-care’ and the growing digital communities of menswear, style and wellness. An exploration of the trend towards constant reinvention of the self without the scaffolding scripts of religion and the state, Styling the Self will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and social theory with interests in culture, consumption and lifestyle.
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ISBN-13: 9780367697150
ISBN-10: 0367697157
Pagini: 120
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1. Introduction: The Return Of The Aesthetic And The Return Of The Religious In Absolute Capitalism Part I 2. On The Emergence Of Style As An Ethics 3. From Having To Being: The Character Structure Of A Post‑Leisure Society Part II 4. Aesthetic Community: Menswear And The Art Of Craft 5. Taking Care Of The Self: Welfare To Wellbeing To Wellness 6. The Joy Of Shedding: Minimalism And Its Critics 7. Slowing Down: Time, Degrowth And The Ethics Of Inactivity

Notă biografică

Sam Han is Senior Lecturer of Anthropology and Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of (Inter)Facing Death: Life in Global Uncertainty, Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-Secular Modernity, Understanding Tragedy: On the Importance of the Concept for Social Science and Navigating Technomedia: Caught in the Web; the co-author of Digital Culture and Religion in Asia; and the co-editor ofThe Race of Time: A Charles Lemert Reader.

Descriere

With a focus on ‘practices of style’ that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, this book examines the emergent forms of contemporary self-making and identity-formation as a turn inwards, towards certainty, in an era characterised by wider uncertainty occasioned by large-scale structural problems.