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Rethinking Order: Idioms of Stability and De-stabilization
Nicole Falkenhayner
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Paperback. Editor(s): Falkenhayner, Nicole; Langenohl, Andreas; Scheu, Johannes; Schweitzer, Doris; Szulecki, Kacper. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. Weight in Grams: 454.
Stability is at the core of every discussion of order, organization or institutionalization. From an »inside« perspective, the stability of each order-constituting element is assumed. In contrast, in critical discourses instability (e.g. through ambiguity or non-control) is located at the outside of the social order as its negative. By treating this argumentative symmetrical structure as »idioms of stability and destabilization«, the articles try to rethink order: How can we describe structures from a perspective in which instability, non-control and irrationality are not contrary to ordering systems, but contribute to their stability? How might the notions of identity, knowledge and institutions ... Read more
Stability is at the core of every discussion of order, organization or institutionalization. From an »inside« perspective, the stability of each order-constituting element is assumed. In contrast, in critical discourses instability (e.g. through ambiguity or non-control) is located at the outside of the social order as its negative. By treating this argumentative symmetrical structure as »idioms of stability and destabilization«, the articles try to rethink order: How can we describe structures from a perspective in which instability, non-control and irrationality are not contrary to ordering systems, but contribute to their stability? How might the notions of identity, knowledge and institutions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837624724
SKU
V9783837624724
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About Nicole Falkenhayner
Nicole Falkenhayner (PhD), born 1976, teaches English Literature and Culture at Freiburg University. An alumna of the Cluster of Excellence »Cultural Foundations of Social Integration« at the University of Konstanz, she has published on the representation of British Muslims and entanglements of media, structures of feeling and surveillance. Her research currently focuses on heroes and heroization in popular culture. Andreas ... Read more
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