The Shadow of Dionysus: A Contribution to the Sociology of the Orgy - Hardcover

Maffesoli, Professor Michel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791412393 ISBN 13: 9780791412398

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1993

Synopsis

Maffesoli presents a powerful argument for understanding everyday life by examining the passional logic that animates the social body. He asserts that the "circulation of sexuality," as much as the circulation of goods and services or language, is a structural component of sociality. By examining the dionysian adventure (passion, bonds of shared emotion, communal feeling), he redefines the problems of sociality and the strong hedonistic ethics present in contemporary daily life.

About this title

About the Author:

Michel Maffesoli is Professor of Sociology at Rene Descartes University, the Sorbonne. He is Secretary General of the Center for Research on the Imaginary, and Adjunct-Director of the Study Center on the Current and the Everyday (Paris V), and has published works on violence, bureaucracy, and daily life.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0791412393
• ISBN 13: 9780791412398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196