Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society – serie
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Symbols, Power and Politics
Häftad, 2002
588 kr
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The volume is the first one in the series Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society. The authors from Australia, Finland, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, who contributed to it, are sociologists bound by a conviction that the study of the social context …
Society as Semiosis
Neostructuralist Theory of Culture and Society
Häftad, 2003
1122 kr
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Action theory, phenomenological sociology, pragmatism and (post)structuralism are often seen as mutually exclusive currents of meaning analysis. This book shows that these traditions are actually complementary, and builds a neostructuralist synthesis on this finding. It also outlines the …
Towards the World Culture Society
Florian Znaniecki’s Culturalism
Inbunden, 2010
1453 kr
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If the new cultural sociology is to gain firm grounds, it should rediscover the classic studies on cultural dynamics and cultural systems. This book contributes to a better understanding of Florian Znaniecki as an eminent culturologist and the lasting relevance of his theory of cultural becoming. …
From Habits to Social Structures
Pragmatism and Contemporary Social Theory
Inbunden, 2011
329 kr
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Pragmatism has experienced a renaissance in social theory in recent years. This is no wonder since the so-called classical pragmatists, especially John Dewey and George Herbert Mead, outlined a highly original theory of social life. This book builds on pragmatist ideas and argues that social …
Life-World, Intersubjectivity and Culture
Contemporary Dilemmas
Inbunden, 2016
733 kr
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This volume commemorates Richard H. Grathoff’s (1934–2013) contribution to interpretative sociology. Reconsidering the legacy of social phenomenology, it demonstrates the usefulness of concepts such as life-world, milieu and symbolic transcendence in the studies of sociocultural transformations.
Relational Reason, Morals and Sociality
Av Elżbieta Hałas, Aleksander Manterys
Inbunden, 2021
599 kr
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Relational sociology draws attention to non-utilitarian aspects of sociality that reach beyond instrumental rationality, and presents the problem of relational reason. Shaping a civil society under cultural plurality requires reflection upon relational rationality. This book focuses on relational …
Politics of Symbolization Across Central and Eastern Europe
Av Elżbieta Hałas, Nicolas Maslowski
Inbunden, 2021
633 kr
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Politics of symbolization affects the semantics of identities and power relations between various subjects, and encompasses the changing meanings of social spaces, times, historical narratives, as well as modalities of collective memory. The volume focuses on politics of symbolization across …
Contested Legacies of 1989
Geopolitics, Memories and Societies in Central and Eastern Europe
Av Nicolas Maslowski, Kinga Torbicka
Inbunden, 2022
507 kr
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Strongly affected by modern history and facing dilemmas of modernity, Central and Eastern Europe has been healing fresh wounds for the past 30 years. The present volume analyzes the contemporary challenges related to the heritage of 1989. The peaceful revolution brought substantial socio-cultural, …
Being Human in a Virtual Society
A Relational Approach
Av Pierpaolo Donati, Elżbieta Halas
Inbunden, 2024
671 kr
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The book addresses the theme of the advent of a ‘Matrix Land’ as a pervasive environment of digital (virtual) reality in which humanity is destined to live increasingly distant from its original natural condition. The challenge posed by the Matrix Land is that of a future society in which …
Symbolic Interaction and «Verstehen»
Av Horst Jürgen Helle, Elzbieta Halas
Häftad, 2005
373 kr
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The approach of Symbolic Interaction (SI) which Herbert Blumer called «Symbolic Interactionism», is regarded as a modern version of the sociology of Verstehen, originally outlined by Georg Simmel and Max Weber. This book is divided into four chapters. In the first the relevant philosophical sources …
Peirce’s Theory of Inquiry and Beyond
Towards a Social Reconstruction of Science Theory
Av Thora Margareta Bertilsson, Elzbieta Halas
Häftad, 2009
603 kr
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About a decade ago, an antagonistic debate on the ‘science war’ arose on both sides of the Atlantic. At issue was how far the social sciences could intervene in disentangling the practice of science. The debate has now calmed down, but has by no means been solved. As a continuation of the …
Relational Gaze on a Changing Society
Av Paolo Terenzi, Elisabetta Carrà
Inbunden, 2019
740 kr
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Relational sociology is coming increasingly to the fore on the international academic stage. As it invariably happens in such circumstances, when a new paradigm attracts a growing number of scholars, researchers and practitioners, it is almost inevitably interpreted and identified in many different …
