Elias Canetti and Social Theory
The Bond of Creation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19921978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Mubi Brighenti (0000-0002-7498-9857, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Elias Canetti and Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781350344440 |
| OpenAlex | W4317039973 |
| Open Library | OL38805027M |
| ISBN | 9781350344440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly being recognised in the social and political sciences for the seminal text, Crowds and Power (1960). While this work can sometimes be criticised for its alleged anti-historicity, anti-modernism, fixation on death, and a dark vision of humankind, Crowds and Power can, in fact, be interpreted as a study and a critique of the mono-dimensionality and the obsessiveness of power. In Canetti’s own words, it is an attempt ‘to find the weak spot of power’ and, ultimately, an invitation to recognise and explore the endless richness of human transformations
Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |