Michael Halewood

Rethinking the Social through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Sociologists and social theorists use the term 'social' frequently. We talk of social relations, social media, social networks, social factors, and so on, as well as 'the social'. But do we always know what we mean or what we are invoking when we deploy the term 'social'?

The concept of the 'social' has often been treated as almost self-explanatory, inherited from the works of the instigators of sociology and social theory who, it is assumed, all meant the same thing by the term. 'Rethinking the Social' argues that this is not the case, and that there are major differences between their approaches. This the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers and suggests that debates surrounding this concept remain very much alive. Building on A. N. Whitehead's work, Halewood develops a novel 'philosophy of the social'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783083701
• Artikelnr.: 44472302

Autorenporträt

Michael Halewood is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. He is the author of 'A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought' (Anthem Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Rethinking the Social
2. Durkheim Approaches the Social
3. Durkheim's Philosophy of the Social
4. Marx on the Social and the Societal
5. Weber's "Sozial" Action
6. The Early Death of the Problem of the Social
7. Toward a Philosophy of the Social, Part I: Durkheim, Marx, Weber (and Simmel) Revisited
8. Toward a Philosophy of the Social, Part II: Whitehead on Sociology, Societies and the Social
Notes
References
Index