Elias Flashcards
Figurations
Shifting networks of people with fluctuating asymmetrical power balances
Explain kitsch
Relationship societal and aesthetic forms
Is there still a coherent style during capitalism? Or just indiv.
Pre emptive kitsch: not avoiding but embracing kitsch
Comments with wouters theory of informalization
Manners became relaxed, subtle and varied -emancipation of emotions - trickle up through democratization of education and widening circles of identification
- third nature: reflexivity
7 characteristics cultural theory of elias
1 people live in figurations
2 each has balance of power
3 each acts as a social force
4 when it changes, behavior, consciousness and emotions of people change
5 changes come from within figuration
6 complex processes; evade control and understanding of stakeholders: unintended consequences
7 knowledge of these processes require sociogenetic and psychogenetic research