Arpad Szakolczai

Arpad Szakolczai is a sociologist and political anthropologist, author of numerous books and articles, emeritus professor of Sociology at University College Cork, and was ERC panel member 2011-2018. An editor and board member of VoeglinView, the publication of the Eric Voeglin Society.

Scholarly Opinions

Reflecting on the Tarde—Durkheim debate of 1903, he has argued that Gabriel Tarde should be recognized as a founding figure of political anthropology, and has critiqued the dominance of Emile Durkheim in sociology.^[1] In an article from 2011, co-authored with Bjorn Thomassen.
Sparked by Eric Voegelin's reading of Husserl's The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, on the friendship and critical correspondence between Voegelin and Alfred Schütz, sympathetic to the former's critique of the Cartesian-Kantian-Husserelian rationalist phenomenology.^[2]
In critique of comedy theater and the modern public arena, he has commented on the friendship between German composer / conductors Richard Wagner and August Rockel, especially during the time of 1849 Dresden uprising.^[3]

Selected publications

Szakolczai, Árpád (2022). Post-truth society : a political anthropology of trickster logic. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-003-22555-3. OCLC 1263249204.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References and Notes

^ Szakolczai, Arpad; Thomassen, Bjorn. "Gabriel Tarde as Political Anthropologist" (PDF). International Political Anthropology. 4 (1): 43–62.
^ Szakolczai, Arpad (January 25, 2013). "Eric Voegelin and Alfred Schütz: A Friendship That Lasted a Lifetime". VoegelinView.
^ Szakolczai, Arpad (12 December 2012). Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. Routledge. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-415-62391-9.

External links

"Arpad Szakolczai, Author at VoegelinView". VoegelinView. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[1] Szakolczai, Arpad; Thomassen, Bjorn. "Gabriel Tarde as Political Anthropologist" (PDF). International Political Anthropology. 4 (1): 43–62.

[2] Szakolczai, Arpad (January 25, 2013). "Eric Voegelin and Alfred Schütz: A Friendship That Lasted a Lifetime". VoegelinView.

[Szakolczai2012-3] Szakolczai, Arpad (12 December 2012). Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. Routledge. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-415-62391-9.

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