Richard Kilminster

Post-Philosophical Sociology (eBook, PDF)

Eliasian Perspectives on the Sociology of Knowledge

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Produktbeschreibung

In a hyper-individualistic age and in the face of the narrowly focused, policy-oriented research ubiquitous in the social sciences, this book revisits the humanistic world-view that is integral to Norbert Elias's pre-eminent figurational-process sociology, with the aim of increasing the fund of sociological knowledge that has the human condition as its horizon.

Clarifying the contentious 'post-philosophical' aspects in order to supplement standard histories of sociology with new insights, it offers incisive evaluations of some of the bewildered attempts by prominent sociologists to diagnose the malaise of contemporary globalised society. It also challenges the orthodox limitation of the empirical scope of sociology to 'modernity'. With its ominous warnings of the destructive prevalence of 'overcritique' in the discipline and lack of in-depth sociological psychology, Post-Philosophical Sociology will appeal to scholars of sociology, psychoanalysis, social philosophy, cultural theory and social and political theory with interests in developmental and dynamic thinking and the history of the discipline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000909500
• Artikelnr.: 68370369

Autorenporträt

Richard Kilminster is an Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Leeds. He has published widely on the sociology of knowledge and the work of Norbert Elias.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Greatness of Sociology Part One - Figurational-Process
Sociology: Synthesis and Vocation Chapter 1 The Dawn of Detachment: Norbert
Elias and Sociology's Two Tracks Chapter 2 Karl Marx: New Perspectives
Chapter 3 Norbert Elias's Post-Philosophical Sociology: From "Critique"to
Relative Detachment Chapter 4 How Has a Post-Philosophical Sociology Become
Possible? Chapter 5 From Distance to Detachment: Knowledge and
Self-knowledge in Elias's Theory of Involvement and Detachment Part Two -
Overcritique or Social Diagnosis? Chapter 6 Critique and Overcritique in
Sociology Chapter 7 Overcritique and Ambiguity in Zygmunt Bauman's
Sociology: A Long-Term Perspective Chapter 8 Narcissism or Informalization?
Christopher Lasch, Norbert Elias and Social Diagnosis Chapter 9
Informalization, Sociological Theory and Social Diagnosis Addendum: On The
Process of Becoming a Sociologist