An Anthropology of Nothing in Particular - Couverture souple

Frederiksen, Martin Demant

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785356992 ISBN 13 : 9781785356995

Editeur : John Hunt Publishing, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There have been claims that meaninglessness has become epidemic in the contemporary world. One perceived consequence of this is that people increasingly turn against both society and the political establishment with little concern for the content (or lack of content) that might follow. Most often, encounters with meaninglessness and nothingness are seen as troubling. ""Meaning"" is generally seen as being a cornerstone of the human condition, as that which we strive towards. This was famously explored by Viktor Frankl in Mans Search for Meaning in which he showed how even in the direst of situations individuals will often seek to find a purpose in life. But what, then, is at stake when groups of people negate this position? What exactly goes on inside this apparent turn towards nothing, in the engagement with meaninglessness? And what happens if we take the meaningless seriously as an empirical fact?

Revue de presse :

Frederiksen's book is a well written and very interesting anthropological experiment. Not only does it address meaninglessness and the challenge it poses to the venerated tradition of looking for meaning and structure behind all kinds of everyday phenomena and personal life stories, Frederiksen also searches for a style of representation (or perhaps rather presentation) that resonates with his object of study. I really appreciate the way he takes his informants literally, not only in the sense of taking them seriously. Boldly and with success, he employs literary means in order to describe how nothing in particular takes place among them. --Anne Line Dalsgaard, University of Aarhus, author of Matters of Life and Longing

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Hunt Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785356992
• ISBN 13: 9781785356995
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136