{"product_id":"intoxication-an-ethnography-of-effervescent-revelry-paperback-softback-9781978831209","title":"Intoxication; An Ethnography of Effervescent Revelry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978831209","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntoxication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Ethnography of Effervescent Revelry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSébastien Tutenges (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978831209\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.041 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Tutenges's study of collective effervescence is commanding, thoughtful, and thought-provoking. \u003ci\u003eIntoxication\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning example of ethnographically informed social theory.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Lois Presser, author of Why We Harm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Intoxication\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable and ambitious book. Rarely is ethnography connected to classical social theory with such productive results. Tutenges offers a significant extension of the concept of collective effervescence. We learn that Durkheim, Mauss, and Bataille are essential resources for understanding the self, the sacred, and the collectivity in modernity.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Philip Smith, professor of sociology, Yale University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"From sports to religion to party venues, effervescence is as much a blind spot of research as it is a phenomenon fundamental to society's very make-up. \u003ci\u003eIntoxication\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to the party practices of today's youth in vivid fashion and with a remarkable interpretative sensitivity. Far from being the wastelands of meaning they appear to be, these drunken landscapes are existential theaters for the abandonment of the self to social forces and the experience of other ways of being and feeling. A long-awaited book which could well become a campus classic.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— François Gauthier, author of Religion, Modernity, Globalisation. Nation-State to Market\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor two decades, Sébastien Tutenges has conducted research in bars, nightclubs, festivals, drug dens, nightlife resorts, and underground dance parties in a quest to answer a fundamental question: Why do people across cultures gather regularly to intoxicate themselves?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Vivid and at times deeply personal, this book offers new insights into a wide variety of intoxicating experiences, from the intimate feeling of connection among concertgoers to the adrenaline-fueled rush of a fight, to the thrill of jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool. Tutenges shows what it means and feels to move beyond the ordinary into altered states in which the transgressive, spectacular, and unexpected take place.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  He argues that the primary aim of group intoxication is the religious experience that Émile Durkheim calls collective effervescence, the essence of which is a sense of connecting with other people and being part of a larger whole. This experience is empowering and emboldening and may lead to crime and deviance, but it is at the same time vital to our humanity because it strengthens social bonds and solidarity.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The book fills important gaps in Durkheim's social theory and contributes to current debates in micro-sociology as well as cultural criminology and cultural sociology. Here, for the first time, readers will discover a detailed account of collective effervescence in contemporary society that includes: an explanation of what collective effervescence is; a description of the conditions that generate collective effervescence; a typology of the varieties of collective effervescence; a discussion of how collective effervescence manifests in the realm of nightlife, politics, sports, and religion; and an analysis of how commercial forces amplify and capitalize on the universal human need for intoxication.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eThis book is also freely available online as an open access digital edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ca href='\"https:\/\/d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17185847\/9781978831230.pdf\"'\u003eDownload the open access ebook here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWays to Effervescence\u003cbr\u003e  3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eUnity \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIntensity \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eTransgression \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eSymbolization \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eRevitalization \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  8 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eAfterword  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  References \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52740238147864,"sku":"9781978831209","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/intoxication-an-ethnography-of-effervescent-revelry-paperback-softback-9781978831209","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}