A Elliott
Biographic Data
| ID | 9148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Elliott |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Elliott |
| SIGNATURE | ELLIOTT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0765-4467 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 59 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 155 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 59 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Artificial Intelligence in the Aftermath of Algorithmic Modernity
As the great wave of AI breaks across the world, emerging automated technology creeps more and more into the fabric of our lives. From personal virtual assistants and chatbots to self-driving vehicles and telerobotics, AI is now threaded into large tracts of everyday life, and increasingly reshapes society and the economy. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, believes that AI ushers into existence a “fourth industrial revolution.” T…
The textures of society
The textures of society
The development of aged care robots in Japan as a varied process
Autonomous automobilities
Autonomous vehicles are one of the most highly anticipated technological developments of our time, with potentially wide-ranging social implications. Where dominant popular discourses around autonomous vehicles have tended to espouse a crude form of technological determinism, social scientific engagements with autonomous vehicles have tended to focus on rather narrow utilitarian dimensions related to regulation, safety or efficiency. This article…
Critical Visions
Politics and Social Theory
In the end, it is up to the individual
The discussion on automated mobilities tends to be highly speculative and future-oriented. Many predictions have been made about the ways in which transport will be radically transformed by the ongoing development and implementation of various automated technologies. One criticism leveled at this rapidly expanding societal debate is that it is often based on mere-conjecture. There is a benefit in doing more grounded analysis of automated transpor…
Disabling Spaces and Spatial Strategies
The home environment becomes very important for family caregivers of people with dementia as a place of safety, retreat and care provision. Using a gender-based perspective, the authors analyzed thirteen interviews with family caregivers to understand how they perceived their home space. The data was analyzed thematically with the help of adjacency diagrams. Our analysis identified three main themes: compact layout, spatial flexibility, and the w…
Automating the black art
A teoria do novo individualismo
Neste artigo busco atingir dois objetivos principais: primeiro, examinar e reiterar a teoria de um "novo individualismo" que detalhei em escritos recentes de teoria social. Afirmo que hoje presenciamos as condições e consequências de um novo individualismo que varre o mundo e que se evidencia especialmente na nova economia financista das indústrias de mídia e comunicação. Então pergunto: como a teoria do novo individualismo difere de outros ponto…
Identity Troubles
Psychoanalysis in Sociology
Terminal experimentation
Recent debates in aeromobilities research have focused on global shifts in airport socialities generated by the redesign of airport terminals (Cwerner et al., 2009). This article examines transformations to identity and social relations arising from the reinvention of airport infrastructures and facilities, especially the experience of airport services. We suggest here that the arrival of 'smart airports', or how we use the term 'Airport 3.0', in…
Three versions of the social
Problems of defining such terms as 'society', 'the social', and 'the social system' remain an ongoing bane of social theory in general and sociology more specifically. This article is located in the context of recent debates that 'society' as an empirical reality and 'society' as a concept is in crisis. We begin by briefly reviewing sociological understandings of 'society' and noting the 'death of society' thesis in recent social theory. In an at…
On the Melancholia of New Individualism
This essay builds on the theory of “new individualism” to explore its psychosocial ramifications (Elliott and Lemert, 2006, 2009b; Elliott, 2008, 2009, 2010; Elliott and Urry, 2010). I have argued elsewhere that the conditions and consequences of new individualism are especially evident in the new economy of high finance, media and technology industries. “New individualism” penetrates the very core of culture and institutional life, and represent…
On the Melancholia of New Individualism
Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory
In this comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert examine the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to globalization and beyond. When first published, the book's wide range set new standards for introductory textbooks – social theorists discussed include Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Anthony Giddens, Pier…
Contemporary Social Theory
In this comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott examines the major social theoretical traditions. The first edition set new standards for introductory textbooks, such was the far-reaching sweep of social theorists discussed – including Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Julia Kristeva, Jurgen Habermas, Judith …
Social Acceleration Theory and the Self
In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing body of work in the social sciences that underscores the prevalence of the phenomenon of ‘social acceleration'—the speeding up of social life— in many parts of the W estern world. Although research on social acceleration has tended to analyze the phenomenon on a social‐structural level, there is also a need to investigate how social acceleration has ‘ramifications for the socially dominant forms o…
Trust makers, breakers and brokers
This study will contribute to the literature about systems-based trust, and explore trust as a social and regulatory process. The protocol and results will be of interest and use to the food industry, food regulators, consumer advocate groups, media seeking to report food-related issues and policy makers concerned with public health and consumer health and well-being. This research represents an important contribution to the translation of the th…
Miniaturized mobilities
"Debating "the Social
Although sociology can be commonsensically and parsimoniously defined as the study of society, the problems of defining such terms as ‘society’, ‘the social’, and ‘the social system’ remain an ongoing irritant of sociological theory. In addition to these traditional conceptual problems, there is currently a strong sense that ‘society’ as an empirical reality and ‘society’ as a concept are in crisis. Given the contemporary view of ‘the end of the …
The New Individualism and Contemporary Japan
Recent social theory has identified various institutional forces operating at a global level promoting novel trends towards “individualization”, “reflexive self‐identity” and “new individualism” (Beck and Beck‐Gernsheim, 2001; Giddens, 1991, 1992; Elliott and Lemert, 2009, 2009a). This article develops an exploratory overview of the theory of new individualism with reference to Japanese sociologies of self specifically and contemporary Japanese s…
The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class
Beck's Sociology of Risk
The German sociologist Ulrich Beck has elaborated a highly original formulation of the theory of risk and reflexive modernization, a formulation that has had a significant impact upon recent sociological theorizing and research. This article examines Beck's sociology of risk in the context of his broader social theory of reflexvity, advanced modernization and individualization. The article argues that Beck's work is constrained by several sociolo…
Contemporary Social Theory
This book is arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on contemporary social theory. Written by one of the world's most acclaimed social theorists, Anthony Elliott provides a dazzlingly accessible and comprehensive introduction to modern social theory from the Frankfurt School to globalization theories and beyond. In distilling the essentials of social theory, Elliott reviews the works of major theorists including Theodor Adorno, Herbert Ma…
Autonomous automobilities
Autonomous vehicles are one of the most highly anticipated technological developments of our time, with potentially wide-ranging social implications. Where dominant popular discourses around autonomous vehicles have tended to espouse a crude form of technological determinism, social scientific engagements with autonomous vehicles have tended to focus on rather narrow utilitarian dimensions related to regulation, safety or efficiency. This article…
Terminal experimentation
Recent debates in aeromobilities research have focused on global shifts in airport socialities generated by the redesign of airport terminals (Cwerner et al., 2009). This article examines transformations to identity and social relations arising from the reinvention of airport infrastructures and facilities, especially the experience of airport services. We suggest here that the arrival of 'smart airports', or how we use the term 'Airport 3.0', in…
Psychoanalysis at Its Limits
I Want to Look Like That
This article critically examines the power of celebrity culture in relation to the rise of cosmetic surgery. The perspective developed is one that attempts to bridge certain developments in social theory and psychoanalytic studies. By drawing on Horton and Wohl's notion of 'para-social interaction', as well as Thompson's idea of 'intimacy at a distance', a critical cultural approach is developed for the analysis of how celebrity bodies become key…
The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class
Social Acceleration Theory and the Self
In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing body of work in the social sciences that underscores the prevalence of the phenomenon of ‘social acceleration'—the speeding up of social life— in many parts of the W estern world. Although research on social acceleration has tended to analyze the phenomenon on a social‐structural level, there is also a need to investigate how social acceleration has ‘ramifications for the socially dominant forms o…
Celebrity and Political Psychology
This article is a contribution toward the task of constructing a distinctive political psychology and social theory of celebrity. The article begins by noting some recent approaches to the analysis of mass communications in political theory, and moves to consider what these theories mean for the conceptual analysis of celebrity. A substantive example of the political construction of celebrity is given in a case study of the ex‐Beatle, John Lennon…
Automating the black art
The New Individualism and Contemporary Japan
Recent social theory has identified various institutional forces operating at a global level promoting novel trends towards “individualization”, “reflexive self‐identity” and “new individualism” (Beck and Beck‐Gernsheim, 2001; Giddens, 1991, 1992; Elliott and Lemert, 2009, 2009a). This article develops an exploratory overview of the theory of new individualism with reference to Japanese sociologies of self specifically and contemporary Japanese s…
The development of aged care robots in Japan as a varied process
"Debating "the Social
Although sociology can be commonsensically and parsimoniously defined as the study of society, the problems of defining such terms as ‘society’, ‘the social’, and ‘the social system’ remain an ongoing irritant of sociological theory. In addition to these traditional conceptual problems, there is currently a strong sense that ‘society’ as an empirical reality and ‘society’ as a concept are in crisis. Given the contemporary view of ‘the end of the …
The Constitution of the Subject
This article traces recent developments in European social theory and psychoanalysis on the theory of the human subject. Critically examining the recent psychoanalytic departures of Julia Kristeva and Jean Laplanche on the status of primary repression as a condition for the constitution of subjectivity, an analysis is presented of the state of the subject in its unconscious relational world. The article suggests ways in which the analyses set out…
Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition
New individualist configurations and the social imaginary
The broad purpose of this article is to explore the theoretical conditions for understanding the new individualist configurations of imagination and identity in contemporary culture and critical discourse. The article begins with a sketch of recent debates in social theory on identity, individualization and new individualism, focusing on the work of Giddens, Beck, and Bauman, as well as Lemert and Elliott. The second part of the article turns to …
The Social Imaginary
American Imago - Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 2002
A teoria do novo individualismo
Neste artigo busco atingir dois objetivos principais: primeiro, examinar e reiterar a teoria de um "novo individualismo" que detalhei em escritos recentes de teoria social. Afirmo que hoje presenciamos as condições e consequências de um novo individualismo que varre o mundo e que se evidencia especialmente na nova economia financista das indústrias de mídia e comunicação. Então pergunto: como a teoria do novo individualismo difere de outros ponto…
Three versions of the social
Problems of defining such terms as 'society', 'the social', and 'the social system' remain an ongoing bane of social theory in general and sociology more specifically. This article is located in the context of recent debates that 'society' as an empirical reality and 'society' as a concept is in crisis. We begin by briefly reviewing sociological understandings of 'society' and noting the 'death of society' thesis in recent social theory. In an at…
Drastic Plastic and the Global Electronic Economy
The Ethical Antinomies of Postmodernity
Alberto Melucci, The Playing Self: Person and Meaning in the Planetary Society , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, £13.95 paperback, vii+177 pp. (ISBN 0-521-56482-4) Charles Lemert, Postmodernism Is Not What You Think , Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997, £15.99 paperback, xiv+185 pp. (ISBN 1-55786-286-9) Chris Rojek and Bryan S. Turner (eds.), The Politics of Jean-Francois Lyotard , London: Routledge, 1998, £55.00, vii+168 pp. (ISBN 0…
The Affirmation of Primary Repression Rethought
L'A. analyse les modalites de l'identification et de la repression du je envers autrui, telles que la psychanalyse permet de les cerner
Influence of environmental factors on height and weight of schoolchildren
The growth of children is governed by their internal metabolic and hormonal state, which is in turn dependent on hereditary, environmental, nutritional and psychological factors and any severe illness they may experience. The attained height and weight of children are the product of the accumu- lated effects of these factors acting since conception, and any study of the reasons for differences in height and weight among children of the same age i…
Measurement of nutritional intake among schoolchildren
Dietary surveys can take a number of different forms but may be grouped into two main categories: those in which a dietary history is obtained by recall and those in which a weighed, measured or estimated food record is made at the time of food consumption. The dietary history survey may be an individually reported record in which details of the food con sumed during the previous 24 hours are recalled. An example of this type of survey is that un…
A survey of the nutritional status of schoolchildren. Relation between nutrient intake and socio-economic factors
In these cells half of the sample was drawn from the lowest quintile by weight and the other half from the upper four quintiles
Influence of some social and environmental factors on the nutrient intake and nutritional status of schoolchildren
Only children had significantly higher intakes of many nutrients and nutrients/1000 kcal than other children. A higher proportion of only children was found to be obese. There were no significant differences according to birthrank in intakes by children. There were more obese children among the fatherless than those with fathers, in particular among those whose mothers were widowed. However, this was not accounted for by the present dietary findi…
School meals and the nutrition of schoolchildren
The contribution of school meals to the nutrition of 778 primary and secondary schoolchildren attending schools in Kent was assessed using information collected during a survey made in 1968-70 which included a weighed diet record, a socioeconomic questionnaire, and a medical examination. Younger children, those from larger families, those without fathers, and those whose mothers worked were more likely to take school meals. Significantly more chi…
Canadian transportation regulation
Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition
This text 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. The second e…
Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition
Symptoms of Globalization
Questions of reflexive risk assessment and evaluation are intrinsic to the nature of political management in the world of late modernity. This paper critically examines the nature of reflexivity in postmodern political conditions. I draw on psychoanalytic and postmodern theories of the phantasy networks which underpin contemporary institutional life, especially focusing on the expert systems of political management and bureaucracy. I conclude by …
The Affirmation of Primary Repression Rethought
L'A. analyse les modalites de l'identification et de la repression du je envers autrui, telles que la psychanalyse permet de les cerner
Psychoanalysis at Its Limits
Celebrity and Political Psychology
This article is a contribution toward the task of constructing a distinctive political psychology and social theory of celebrity. The article begins by noting some recent approaches to the analysis of mass communications in political theory, and moves to consider what these theories mean for the conceptual analysis of celebrity. A substantive example of the political construction of celebrity is given in a case study of the ex‐Beatle, John Lennon…
Navigating Modernity
Paolini assesses the key personal and political dimensions of postcolonialism, placing the debate squarely within the discipline of international relations
The Ethical Antinomies of Postmodernity
Alberto Melucci, The Playing Self: Person and Meaning in the Planetary Society , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, £13.95 paperback, vii+177 pp. (ISBN 0-521-56482-4) Charles Lemert, Postmodernism Is Not What You Think , Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997, £15.99 paperback, xiv+185 pp. (ISBN 1-55786-286-9) Chris Rojek and Bryan S. Turner (eds.), The Politics of Jean-Francois Lyotard , London: Routledge, 1998, £55.00, vii+168 pp. (ISBN 0…
Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory
This is an indispensible book for students, teachers and professional researchers in sociology, cultural studies politics, feminism and philosophy
Books Reviewed
The Social Imaginary
American Imago - Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 2002
Human Rights, Suffering and Frailty
Beck's Sociology of Risk
The German sociologist Ulrich Beck has elaborated a highly original formulation of the theory of risk and reflexive modernization, a formulation that has had a significant impact upon recent sociological theorizing and research. This article examines Beck's sociology of risk in the context of his broader social theory of reflexvity, advanced modernization and individualization. The article argues that Beck's work is constrained by several sociolo…
Introduction
The growth of development theories has resulted in acknowledging the importance of social dimensions of human development in the poverty and development discourse. Planning for children requires a careful attention to different dimensions of their lives (e.g. education, health, nutrition, shelter, etc.). This approach enables decision makers to have a better understanding of the current situation when planning for betterment of children’s lives a…
Julia Kristeva and the Haunting of the Soul
Social Theory Since Freud
In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies.Moving from the impact …
Psychoanalysis, Modernity, Postmodernism
The New Individualism
Corporate networking, compulsive consumerism, plastic surgery, therapeutic tribulations, instant identity makeovers and reality TV: welcome to life in our increasingly individualized world. In this dazzling book, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert explore the culture of the ‘new individualism’ generated by global capitalism and develop a major new perspective on people’s emotional experiences of globalization. The New Individualism offers fascina…
The Constitution of the Subject
This article traces recent developments in European social theory and psychoanalysis on the theory of the human subject. Critically examining the recent psychoanalytic departures of Julia Kristeva and Jean Laplanche on the status of primary repression as a condition for the constitution of subjectivity, an analysis is presented of the state of the subject in its unconscious relational world. The article suggests ways in which the analyses set out…
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