Society and Culture: Scarcity and SolidaritySociety and Culture reclaims the classical heritage, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the promise of sociology in the 21st century and asks whether the `cultural turn′ has made the study of society redundant. Sociologists have objected to the rise of cultural studies on the grounds that it produces cultural relativism and lacks a stable research agenda. This book looks at these criticisms and illustrates the relevance of a sociological perspective in the analysis of human practice. The book argues that the classical tradition must be treated as a living tradition, rather than a period piece. It analyzes the fundamental principles of belonging and conflict in society and provides a detailed critical survey of the principal social theories that offer solutions to the challenges of modernism. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Organisms | 24 |
Chapter 3 Disorder | 38 |
Chapter 4 Solidarity | 68 |
Chapter 5 Scarcity | 88 |
Chapter 6 Norms | 100 |
Chapter 7 Rights | 109 |
Chapter 8 Intimacies | 130 |
Chapter 9 Choice | 144 |
Chapter 10 Solutions | 159 |
Sociology and Cosmopolitian Virtue | 197 |
References | 229 |
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