Transgression

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Sociology
Cover of the book Transgression by Chris Jenks, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Chris Jenks ISBN: 9781134516841
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 16, 2003
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Chris Jenks
ISBN: 9781134516841
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 16, 2003
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Transgression is truly a key idea for our time. Society is created by constraint and boundaries, but as our culture is increasingly subject to uncertainty and flux we find it more and more difficult to determine where those boundaries lie.

In this fast moving study, Chris Jenks ranges widely over the history of ideas, the major theorists, and the significant moments in the formation of the idea of transgression. He looks at the definition of the social and its boundaries by Durkheim, Douglas and Freud, at the German tradition of Hegel and Nietzsche and the increasing preoccupation with transgression itself in Baudelaire, Bataille and Foucault. The second half of the book looks at transgression in action in the East End myth of the Kray twins, in Artaud's theatre of cruelty, the spectacle of the Situationists and Bakhtin's analysis of carnival. Finally Jenks extends his treatment of transgression to its own extremity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Transgression is truly a key idea for our time. Society is created by constraint and boundaries, but as our culture is increasingly subject to uncertainty and flux we find it more and more difficult to determine where those boundaries lie.

In this fast moving study, Chris Jenks ranges widely over the history of ideas, the major theorists, and the significant moments in the formation of the idea of transgression. He looks at the definition of the social and its boundaries by Durkheim, Douglas and Freud, at the German tradition of Hegel and Nietzsche and the increasing preoccupation with transgression itself in Baudelaire, Bataille and Foucault. The second half of the book looks at transgression in action in the East End myth of the Kray twins, in Artaud's theatre of cruelty, the spectacle of the Situationists and Bakhtin's analysis of carnival. Finally Jenks extends his treatment of transgression to its own extremity.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Perceiving Events and Objects by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Shakespeare’s Suicides by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Psychiatric Ideologies and Institutions by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Making a Difference in Education by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Professional Competition and Professional Power by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book The Business of War by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Integrity Systems for Occupations by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Disability Politics in a Global Economy by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book The Politics of Nursing Knowledge by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Masculinities in the Criminological Field by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book The Macroeconomics of Global Imbalances by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Exploring the Social Impacts of Events by Chris Jenks
Cover of the book Cities and Labour Immigration by Chris Jenks
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy