Sociology through Relation

Christian , Papilloud


anglais | 25-08-2018 | 280 pages

9783319879437

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This book delivers a top-down understanding of relation as a macro-phenomenon in society. This understanding rests on the reconstruction of an ongoing debate in the French tradition about the purpose of a relational perspective in sociology and the social sciences. Christian Papilloud analyzes the cardinal steps of this debate, which historically relate to the concept of solidarity, expressing an ideal of social cohesion through relationships between personal and non-personal actors. In social theory, it is well-known that solidarity refers to Emile Durkheim. But little is known about the controversies generated in relation to the purpose of a relational perspective in sociology. Papilloud reconstructs and follows the most important of these controversies in a comparative perspective, beginning with Emile Durkheim and Gaston Richard on solidarity, Richard and Marcel Mauss on sacrifice and magic, Mauss and Pierre Bourdieu on gift and social positions, Bourdieu and Bruno Latour on the objects of exchanges and institutions, and Latour and Durkheim on reciprocity and control. These comparisons give shape to a theoretical framework for a 'sociology through relation.

Note biographique

Christian Papilloud is a sociologist at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. He was written and edited several books and articles on the relational perspective in sociology based on the controversies between French and German scholars today and yesterday.

Fonctionnalité

Presents novel theoretical arguments in the sub-field of relational sociology

Discusses authors who are central to the discipline (Durkheim and Bourdieu) while bringing in analyses of more peripheral but still important thinkers (Mauss and Latour) and resurrecting marginal theorists

Compares and contrasts different voices in the history of French sociology

Table des matières

1. Introduction. Sociology through Relation and Relational Sociology.- 2. Solidarity. Emile Durkheim, Gaston Richard, and Social Cohesion.- 3. Contact. Gaston Richard and Marcel Mauss on Sacrifice and Magic.- 4. Position. Marcel Mauss and Pierre Bourdieu on Gift, Interest, and the Mobilisation of Actors.- 5. Mediations. Pierre Bourdieu and Bruno Latour on Objects, Institution, and Legitimisation.- 6. Reciprocity. Bruno Latour and Emile Durkheim on Reciprocity and Control.- 7. Conclusion. The Prospect of a Sociological Theory through Relation.

Détails

Code EAN :9783319879437
Auteur(trice): 
Editeur :Springer International Publishing-Springer International Publishing-Springer International Publishing
Date de publication :  25-08-2018
Format :Livre de poche
Langue(s) : anglais
Hauteur :210 mm
Largeur :148 mm
Epaisseur :16 mm
Poids :366 gr
Stock :Impression à la demande (POD)
Nombre de pages :280
Mots clés :  Bruno Latour; Contemporary Social Theory; Emile Durkheim; French sociology; Gaston Richard; Marcel Mauss; Pierre Bourdieu; Reciprocity; Relational; Relationality; Solidarity; classical social theory; general purpose theory; relational turn; theoretical frame