This book explores the relationships between visual culture, social theory and the individual. Visual culture has emerged as a central area of debate and research in contemporary sociology, yet the field is still underdefined. In particular, the relationship between visual culture and the individual remains obscure. Sociologists have insisted that all aspects of the individual are open to sociological explanation. The result is that the individual sometimes seems to have been theorized away from sociological understanding. Using a wide range of resources from Bourdieu’s action theory and the contribution of actor network theory, through to the artistic explorations of Francis Bacon and Barnett Newman
Subject Society and Culture Published in association with Theory Culture Society 1st Edition Table of contents:
Part I: The Denial of the Subject in Sociology
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Introduction
- An Overview of the Denial of the Subject in Sociology
- The Concept of the Subject in Sociological Theory
- Sociological Approaches and Their Relationship to the Individual
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Chapter 1: Bourdieu and the Sociological Tradition
- Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Habitus
- The Role of the Subject in Bourdieu’s Work
- The Tension Between Agency and Structure
- Criticisms and Extensions of Bourdieu’s Framework
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Chapter 2: Actor-Network Theory: The Place of the Subject within Constructionist Sociology
- Introduction to Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
- The Role of the Subject in ANT: Actors, Networks, and Agency
- Social Constructionism and the Distributed Subject
- The Critique of the Traditional Concept of the Human Subject in ANT
Part II: Keeping to the Subject: Subjectivity in Modern Art
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Introduction
- The Exploration of Subjectivity in Modern Art
- The Intersection of Art, Philosophy, and the Self
- The Question of the Subject in Contemporary Visual Culture
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Chapter 3: Barnett Newman: Existentialism and the Transcendent Subject
- Barnett Newman’s Art and the Search for the Transcendent
- Existentialist Philosophy and the Subject in Newman’s Work
- The Language of the Sublime and the Subject’s Struggle with Meaning
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Chapter 4: Georg Baselitz: Fragmented Subjectivity
- Baselitz’s Distorted Figures and the Fragmentation of the Self
- Psychological and Philosophical Implications in Baselitz’s Art
- The Relationship Between the Artist and the Fragmented Subject in His Works
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Chapter 5: Carnality and Power: The Human Subject in the Work of Francis Bacon
- Exploring the Corporeal and Psychological Subject in Bacon’s Art
- Power, Violence, and the Vulnerability of the Human Body
- The Destruction and Reclamation of the Subject in Bacon’s Paintings
Part III: Locating the Subject
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Introduction
- How Subjectivity is Represented and Analyzed Across Disciplines
- The Location of the Subject in Film, Time, and Society
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Chapter 6: Kieślowski’s Subjects
- The Concept of the Subject in the Films of Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Identity, Morality, and the Exploration of Free Will in Kieślowski’s Characters
- The Connection Between the Human Subject and Fate in Kieślowski’s Work
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Chapter 7: Only in the Present: Subjectivity and Time
- The Relationship Between Time, Memory, and the Self
- Philosophical and Cinematic Depictions of Subjectivity and Temporal Experience
- The Subject’s Place in the Ever-Present Moment
Back Matter
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In Conclusion
- Recap of Key Themes and Arguments
- Reflections on the Changing Nature of the Subject in Contemporary Thought
- The Future of the Subject in Philosophy, Sociology, and Art
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References
- A Comprehensive List of Sources and Citations
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