im PublikationsserverTitelangaben
Wiesse, Basil
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Intercultural Atmospheres - The Affective Quality of Gift Situations.
Eichstätt : Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 2014. - 19 S.
- (Eichstätter Beiträge zur Soziologie ; 4)
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Kurzfassung/Abstract
The paper deals with atmospheres in situations of gift exchange, focusing on implications for sociological theory. Emphasising the importance of a situational perspective in sociology, and combining it with recent arguments for stronger inclusion of affectivity in the discipline, I argue that an atmospheric perspective, emphasising on both affectivity and situativity, is a fruitful approach to view both particular social phenomena and social relations in general in a new light. To elaborate on this this, I focus on intercultural gift exchange, drawing both upon Marcel Mauss’ ground-breaking essay 'The Gift'
and a handful of historical studies dealing with accounts of situations of diplomatic gift exchange. I conclude firstly, that the analysed gift situations point towards a common theme of 'extraordinary' atmospheres, simultaneously producing and restricting effervescence. Furthermore, the analysed situations seem to require a certain amount of felt ambiguity to leverage the trust required for giving and receiving a gift. Finally, producing and handling this interplay of trust and ambiguity, here symbolised by the gift object itself, is an important competence for both intercultural and intracultural relations.
Forschungsprojekte
Situation und Affekt – Praktische Diskursivierung des Imaginären
Weitere Angaben
| Publikationsform: | Projektbericht, Forschungsbericht, Gutachten |
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| Schlagwörter: | Affect; Atmosphere; Gift, Situation; Sociological Theory |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Geschichts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät > Soziologie > Professur für Prozessorientierte Soziologie |
| Schriftenreihe der KU: | Eichstätter Beiträge zur Soziologie ; 4 |
| Open Access: Freie Zugänglichkeit des Volltexts?: | Ja |
| Titel an der KU entstanden: | Ja |
| KU.edoc-ID: | 15297 |
Letzte Änderung: 19. Jan 2021 12:29
URL zu dieser Anzeige: https://edoc.ku.de/id/eprint/15297/
