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4 Postmodern theories of celebrityIntroduction: classic ideas, contemporary celebrity culture; Revisiting postmodernism; Postmodernism, fame and media; Postmodern celebrity identities revisited; Brand Kardashian and postmodern commodified celebrity; Conclusion: postmodernism on E!; References; 5 Cultural studies and the politics of celebrity: From powerless elite to celebristardom; Historical and intellectual development of the field; Contemporary views on the powerless elite; Ideology recalibrated; Enter reflexivity as legitimation; Hollywood and reflexivity

Originally published in 1999 Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society, Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in understanding issues about the self and self-identity, ideology and power, sexual difference and gender.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: identity troubles -- PART I THEORIES OF IDENTITY -- 1 Identity, individualism, individualization: three versions of the self -- 2 The theory of new individualism -- 3 Identity weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization -- 4 Experimental worlds: on posthuman identity -- PART II PRACTICES OF IDENTITY -- 5 Accelerated identity: five theses on the self -- 6 Drastic plastic: identity in the age of makeover -- 7 New global elites: on the new individualist arts of escape -- 8 Digital lives, miniaturized mobilities and identity -- 9 DIY self-design: experimentation across global airports -- References -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- PART I: Expanding forms of disaster research -- 1. Broadening horizons of disaster research -- The social significance of disasters -- Disasters at the edge of history -- Expanding forms of disaster research -- Disasters and social division -- Social theory and the psycho-social dimensions of disasters -- The messiness of disaster research in the 21st century -- Note -- References

If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michel Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means that they should also read Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall and Slavoj Zizek. The Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory offers a concise, comprehensive overview of the convergences and divergences of social and cultural theory, and in so doing offers a novel agenda for social and cultural research in the twenty-first century.This Handbook, edited by Anthony Elliott, develops a powerful argument for bringing together social and cultural theory

If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michel Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means that they should also read Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall and Slavoj Zizek. The Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory offers a concise, comprehensive overview of the convergences and divergences of social and cultural theory, and in so doing offers a novel agenda for social and cultural research in the twenty-first century. This Handbook, edited by Anthony Elliott,develops a powerful argument for bringing together social and cultural theory more systematically than ever before. Key social and cultural theories, ranging from classical approaches to postmodern, psychoanalytic and post-feminist approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are substantive chapters looking at – among others – structuralism and post-structuralism, critical theory, network analysis, feminist cultural thought, cultural theory and cultural sociology. Throughout the Handbook there is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity, with chapters drawing from research in sociology, cultural studies, psychology, politics, anthropology, women's studies, literature and history.Written in a clear and direct style, this Handbook will appeal to a wide undergraduate and postgraduate audience across the social sciences and humanities.

'Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. For others, the idea of 'society' is oppressive - the very notion, so some argue, is dismissive of the infinite social differences that shape global realities.In this erudite and original book, two of the world's leading social theorists focus on unravelling the different meanings of society as a way of introducing the reader to contemporary debates in social theory. The authors argue provocatively that all ideas of society can be assigned to one of three analytical categories, or some combination of these - structure, solidarity or creation - and develop a fresh characterization of the nature of the social as a means of understanding global transformations.By integrating abstract problems of social theory with empirical examples and political analysis, On Societyprovides lucid interpretations of classical and contemporary social theory. The book also critiques recent social theories that simply equate the demise of society with globalization, the communications revolution or multiculturalism, and in so doing provides an original insight into today's world.