Research Catalog

Title

Vision and society : towards a sociology and anthropology from art / John Clammer.

Author

Clammer, J. R.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Description

xviii, 217 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Vision and Society is an attempt to show that it is possible to go beyond a sociology of art to the more ambitious possibility of a sociology from art. This book develops a theory of the relationship of the visual and the social and illustrates these with comparative examples from around the world"--
• "The sociology of art is now an established sub-discipline of sociology. But little work has been done to explore the implications not of society on art, but of art on the nature and principles of sociology itself. Vision and Society explores the ways in which art (here mainly understood as visual art) structures in fundamental ways the constitution of society, the relations between societies and the ways in which society and culture should be theorized. Building initially on an unfulfilled project by the French sociologist of art Nathalie Heinich to derive a sociology from art, this book pushes this idea in unconventional directions. Rethinking the relationships between the study of art and the study of sociology and anthropology, this book explores how this rethinking might impact sociological theory in general, and certain aspects of it in particular - especially the study of social movements, social change, the urban, the constitution of space and the ways in which human social relationships are mediated and expressed. This book attempts to re-orientate sociological theory in general as well as to create fresh approaches for the sociology of art. It does so by way of non-Western cases studies, broadening the range of art sociology and attempting to create a genuinely comparative sociology. It will be useful for students and scholars of sociology of art, sociology of culture, visual studies, visual anthropology and cultural studies around the world"--

Series Statement

Routledge advances in sociology ; 124

Uniform Title

Routledge advances in sociology ; 124.

Subjects

• Social sciences
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > General
• Kunst
• Anthropologie
• Gesellschaft
• Social change
• Kunstsoziologie
• Art and society

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-212) and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-5257

ISBN

• 9780415722575
• 0415722578
• 9781315858197 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013038176

OCLC

861966349

Author

Clammer, J. R.

Title

Vision and society : towards a sociology and anthropology from art / John Clammer.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge advances in sociology ; 124

Routledge advances in sociology ; 124.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-212) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-5257