{"product_id":"resonance-a-sociology-of-our-relationship-to-the-world-hardback-9781509519897","title":"Resonance; A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World (Hardback) 9781509519897","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResonance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Sociology of Our Relationship to the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHartmut Rosa (Author), James C. Wagner (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509519897, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 June 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16.3 x 5.1 cm, 0.975 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\u003cp\u003e\"If in the rush to increase production and wealth, we ever pause to consider what a good life would be like, and whether we’re missing something essential, Rosa’s book \u003ci\u003eResonance\u003c\/i\u003e would be a good place to start. This remarkable work combines systematic theory with a host of valuable insights into human fulfillments that we too easily forgo.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharles Taylor, McGill University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Affirmation of ordinary life is a key feature of modernity, but alienation from the world is a persistent experience of modern men and women. In \u003ci\u003eResonance\u003c\/i\u003e, Rosa offers sketches of an alternative relation to the world and thereby a foundation for a sociology of the good life. A very important text and highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMiroslav Volf, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hartmut Rosa is one of the leading and most distinctive voices in contemporary social theory. In \u003ci\u003eResonance\u003c\/i\u003e he continues the important analysis of the very nature of modernity laid out in \u003ci\u003eSocial Acceleration\u003c\/i\u003e, and offers a new approach to basic human relationships, both to other people and to the world. This is a truly important book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCraig Calhoun, Arizona State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any more happy or content. If acceleration is the problem, then the solution, argues Hartmut Rosa in this major new work, lies in 'resonance'. The quality of a human life cannot be measured simply in terms of resources, options and moments of happiness: instead, we must consider our relationship to, or resonance with, the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplying his theory of resonance to many domains of human activity, Rosa describes the full spectrum of ways in which we establish our relationship to the world, from the act of breathing to the adoption of culturally distinct worldviews. He then turns to the realms of concrete experience and action – family and politics, work and sports, religion and art – in which we as late-modern subjects seek out resonance.  This task is proving ever more difficult as modernity's logic of escalation is both cause and consequence of a distorted relationship to the world, at individual and collective levels. As Rosa shows, all the great crises of modern society – the environmental crisis, the crisis of democracy, the psychological crisis – can also be understood and analyzed in terms of resonance and our broken relationship to the world around us. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding on his now classic work on acceleration, Rosa's new book is a major new contribution to the theory of modernity, showing how our problematic relation to the world is at the crux of some of the most pressing issues we face today. This bold renewal of critical theory for our times will be of great interest to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Lieu of a Foreword: Sociology and the Story of Anna and Hannah 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Introduction 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Bodily Relationships to the world 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Appropriating World and Experiencing World 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Emotional, Evaluative, abd Cognitive Relationships to the World 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Resonance and Alienation as Basic Categories of a Theory of Our Relationship to the World 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: SPHERES AND AXES OF RESONANCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI Introduction: Spheres of Resonance, Recognition, and the Axes of Our Relationship to the World 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII Horizontal Axes of Resonance 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII Diagonal Axes of Resonance 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX Vertical Axes of Resonance 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: FEAR OF THE MUTING OF THE WORLD: A RECONSTRUCTION OF MODERNITY IN TERMS OF RESONANCE THEORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX Modernity as the History of Catastrophe of Resonance 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXI Modernity as the History of Increasing Sensitivity to Resonance 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXII Deserts and Oases of Life: Modern Everyday Practices in Terms of Resonance Theory 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: A CRITICAL THEORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXIII Social Conditions of Successful and Unsuccessful Relationships to the World 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXIV Dynamic Stabilization: The Escalatory Logic of Modernity and Its Consequences 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXV Late Modern Crises of Resonance and the Contours of a Post-Growth Society 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Lieu of an Afterword: Defending Resonance Theory against Its Critice -- and Optimism agaibst Skeptics 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 504\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 529\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472087347480,"sku":"9781509519897","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509519897.jpg?v=1785716689","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/resonance-a-sociology-of-our-relationship-to-the-world-hardback-9781509519897","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}