Metaphysical Sociology: On the Work of John Carroll

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Metaphysical Sociology- Front Cover Metaphysical Sociology Title page Copyright page Contents List of contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: John Carroll’s metaphysical sociology Carroll’s vision and approach Metaphysical sociology Notes References Chapter 2: What is metaphysical sociology? References Chapter 3: The Existential Jesus: transcript of an interview with Stephen Crittenden and John Carroll Transcript Chapter 4: John Carroll’s Jesus Reference Chapter 5: John Carroll: towards a definition of culture The last man Dionysian man The politics of re-enchantment Mythical home Notes References Chapter 6: The Passion in Port Talbot Extract from email to John Carroll dated February 3, 2016: almost five years after the performance Extract from email to Manic Street Preachers dated February 28, 2011: 53 days before the performance Extract from email to Lily Bevan dated May 19, 2011:26 days after the performance Chapter 7: A Neo-Calvinist sociology: John Carroll’s metaphysical modernity Guilt culture The Calvinism of everyday life Metaphysical modernity Notes References Chapter 8: The eclipse of metaphysics The Last Age The eclipse Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9: Digital Western dreaming A different kind of sociology A different kind of narrative Everything old is new again Notes References Chapter 10: Ego-terrorism: the benefit of an anarcho-psychological perspective of terrorism Existing metaphysical critiques of terrorism The history of ego-terrorism Conclusion Notes References Chapter 11: Mortality, time and embodied finitude Introduction What is a beautiful death? Love and death Death and violence Conclusion References Chapter 12: Modern metaphysical romance Love is a battleground Liquid love and online romance Her: a “Spike Jonze love story” A metaphysical romance Conclusion Notes References Chapter 13: Response References Index