Sociology in a New Key

Helmut Staubmann is a Professor of Social Theory and Cultural Sociology and Dean of the School of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He has been a visiting scholar at UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Harvard University, and has served as a Visiting Professor at several European, Asian and American universities. His research focuses on the conceptual foundations of action theory (Rationality in the Social Sciences, co-edited with Victor Lidz (Springer 2017)) and the intersection of social theory and aesthetics. He has edited and translated (with A. Scott) Georg Simmel’s book on Rembrandt (Routledge 2006) and edited a volume on The Rolling Stones. Sociological Perspectives (Lexington 2013).

• Introduction: Tuning into the New Key via a Detour of the Senses.- Drawing on Sociological Traditions.- The Senses, Emotions, and Social Systems Theory.- Aesthetics and Societ.- Aesthetics and Culture.- Aesthetics and Methodology.