A sociological analysis of the 'Satanic Verses' affair
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Salman Rushdie can be regarded as a heroic modernist, according to a sociological analysis of the 'Satanic Verses' affair, based on Pierre Bourdieu's work on modern cultural production. Topics include the significance of Bourdieu's conception of the cultural field for the Rushdie affair, the 'Satanic Verses,' reflexivity in the novel, Salman Rushdie as a heroic modernist, the popular aesthetic, an Islamic critical aesthetic, the critical aesthetic of modernism, the 'Satanic Verses' as an objectification of the social world, Rushdie's view of his work, and the sociological objectification of the literary field.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
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By accident: the Tarantinian ethics
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The standard of ethics portrayed in the screenplays of Quentin Tarantino relies on the introduction of real events to trigger its application. Chance, accidents and actions of excess create revelations and generate bonds between characters. An ethical standard does not produce a social order, but depends on the interaction of human beings and their situations.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1998
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Collective memory and forgetting: Components for a study of obituaries
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The cultural form of the obituary as a contribution to 'collective memory is explored. Hence, it is necessary to look at the way memory and collective memory is accomplished in various authors, especially in the classic works of Henri Bergson, Halbwachs, and Benjamin.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2005
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