Maffesoli cont

12Oct09

Sociality v the social

(masses) rather chaotic, indeterminate mass, which isin a quasi-international way has as its sole project it perdurabilty in existence. 57
territorial andproxemic that determines the life of our societies and anything which appeals to local knowledge and no longer to a protective and universal truth 57

puissance is glue (like custom?) 58 cause and effect of societal symbolism 58

sociality transcends institutions 60

power deals with management of life, puissance assumes the mantel of survival. 63

puisssance transcends individuals or specific factions 63

individual histories instead of history explains the perdurabilty of societies 64

identity is a floating and relative condition (weber) 65

economy v ecology 69 economy (reason, project activity) ecology (organic, holistic,)

secondary groups may signal the end of “civilization, but they also show the new form. 70

Tribalism

experiencing the other is the basis of the community, even if it leads to conflict. 73

tactile relationship – a relationship to the emptiness 73

supple intersection of circles whos articulation takes the shape of sociality 77

thread of reciprocity where the intersection of actions, situations, and affects forms a whole 81

alternative values from the logic of the network == affective warmth 87

secrecy is both federalizing and equalitive. 92???

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