Critiques of Everyday Life: An Introduction by Michael Gardiner (English) Hardco

Description: Critiques of Everyday Life by Michael Gardiner This book proposes that there exists a counter tradition within everyday life theorising. This has sought not merely to describe lived experience but to transform it by elevating our understanding to the status of a critical knowledge. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning interest in the study of everyday life within the social sciences and humanities. In Critiques of Everyday Life Michael Gardiner proposes that there exists a counter-tradition within everyday life theorising. This counter-tradition has sought not merely to describe lived experience, but to transform it by elevating our understanding of the everyday to the status of a critical knowledge. In his analysis Gardiner engages with the work of a number of significant theorists and approaches that have been marginalized by mainstream academe, including: The French tradition of everyday life theorising, from the surrealists to Henri Lefebvre, and from the Situationist International to Michel de Certeau Agnes Heller and the relationship between the everyday, rationality and ethics Carnival, prosaics and intersubjectivity in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin Dorothy E. Smiths feminist perspective on everyday life. Critiques of Everyday Life demonstrates the importance of an alternative, multidisciplinary everyday life paradigm and offers a myriad of new possibilities for critical social and cultural theorising and empirical research. Back Cover Everyday life is fast becoming a key concept within the social sciences and humanities. In this contemporary and highly relevant new book, Michael Gardiner proposes that there exists a counter-tradition within everyday life theorising. This counter-tradition has sought not merely to describe lived experience, but to transform it by elevating our understanding of the everyday to the status of a critical knowledge. In his analysis Gardiner engages with the work of a number of significant theorists and approaches including: *The French tradition of everyday life theorising, from the surrealists to Henri Lefebvre, and from the Situationist International to Michel de Certeau *Agnes Heller and the relationship between the everyday, rationality and ethics *Carnival, prosaics and intersubjectivity in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin *Dorothy E. Smiths feminist perspective on everyday life. Critiques of Everyday Life demonstrates the importance of an alternative, multidisciplinary everyday life paradigm and offers a myriad of new possibilities for critical social and cultural theorising and empirical research. Author Biography Michael E. Gardiner is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Dada and Surrealism: Poetics of Everyday Life; Chapter 3 Bakhtins Prosaic Imagination; Chapter 4 Henri Lefebvre: Philosopher of the Ordinary; Chapter 5 The Situationist International: Revolution at the Service of Poetry; Chapter 6 Agnes Heller: Rationality, Ethics and Everyday Life; Chapter 7 Michel de Certeau: The Cunning of Unreason; Chapter 8 Dorothy E. Smith: A Sociology for People; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Details ISBN0415113148 Author Michael Gardiner Short Title CRITIQUES OF EVERYDAY LIFE Language English ISBN-10 0415113148 ISBN-13 9780415113144 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2000 Imprint Routledge Subtitle An Introduction Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1961 Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780415113144 UK Release Date 2000-07-27 AU Release Date 2000-07-27 NZ Release Date 2000-07-27 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2000-07-27 Alternative 9780415113151 DEWEY 306.01 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 252 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161239757;

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