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Resonance, A Sociology of the Relationship to the World (Paperback)
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Resonance, A Sociology of the Relationship to the World (Paperback)
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The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this
acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier or more
content. If acceleration is the problem, then the solution, argues
Hartmut Rosa in this major new work, lies in "resonance." The
quality of a human life cannot be measured simply in terms of
resources, options, and moments of happiness; instead, we must
consider our relationship to, or resonance with, the world.
Applying his theory of resonance to many domains of human activity,
Rosa describes the full spectrum of ways in which we establish our
relationship to the world, from the act of breathing to the
adoption of culturally distinct worldviews. He then turns to the
realms of concrete experience and action - family and politics,
work and sports, religion and art - in which we as late modern
subjects seek out resonance. This task is proving ever more
difficult as modernity's logic of escalation is both cause and
consequence of a distorted relationship to the world, at individual
and collective levels. As Rosa shows, all the great crises of
modern society - the environmental crisis, the crisis of democracy,
the psychological crisis - can also be understood and analyzed in
terms of resonance and our broken relationship to the world around
us. Building on his now classic work on acceleration, Rosa's new
book is a major new contribution to the theory of modernity,
showing how our problematic relation to the world is at the crux of
some of the most pressing issues we face today. This bold renewal
of critical theory for our times will be of great interest to
students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities.
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