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The Dialogical Turn

New Roles for Sociology in the Postdisciplinary Age

von: Charles Camic, Hans Joas
52,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	09.12.2003
ISBN/EAN:	9780742576889
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	328

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Titelbeschreibung

The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in 'synthesis:' programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective has proven elusive, leaving nearly as many syntheses as synthesizers. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed within sociology to the crisis of intellectual fragmentation: 'the dialogical turn.' Rather than decry the multiplicity of social theories, research methods, and results, this response welcomes a plurality of orientations and approaches as the essential basis for establishing and maintaining productive dialogue. Examining this exciting development, The Dialogical Turn builds on the ideas of Donald N. Levine, whose extensive writings on the forms and functions of intellectual dialogue provide the point of departure for twelve original essays. Written by an internationally renowned group of scholars, these innovative chapters explore the dialogical possibilities for sociology both constructively and critically. The contributors assess the role of sociology in the conversation across contemporary academic disciplines, exploring the fundamental structural and conceptual reconstructions now taking place in sociology and neighboring fields.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Since its birth, sociology has struggled vainly to achieve an encompassing intellectual 'synthesis' as it has fought against the explosion of ideas about the social world. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed to conditions of intellectual fragmentation: 'the dialogical turn,' a sociological approach that welcomes a plurality of orientations and perspectives as the essential basis for establishing productive dialogue. This volume explores this exciting approach, building on the ideas of Donald N. Levine, whose extensive writings on the forms and functions of intellectual dialogue provide the point of departure for an internationally renowned group of scholars. Their innovative chapters assess the role of sociology in the conversation across contemporary academic disciplines, exploring the fundamental structural and conceptual reconstructions now taking place in the social sciences.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 1 The Dialogical Turn
 Chapter 2 I Sociology and the Dialogue across Academic Disciplines
 Chapter 3 2 A Regime of Disciplines: Toward a Historical Sociology of Disciplinary Knowledge
 Chapter 4 3 Interdisciplinarity in Theory and Practice
 Chapter 5 4 The Liberal Arts as a Dialogic Project
 Chapter 6 II Sociology and the Broader Intellectual Dialogue
 Chapter 7 5 Max Weber and Emile Durkheim in Dialogue: Classical Views on Contemporary Problems
 Chapter 8 6 Die Gesellschaft?An Early Transdisciplinary Project
 Chapter 9 7 Academic Intellectuals
 Chapter 10 III Sociological Reconstructions of Disciplinary Fields
 Chapter 11 8 The Maturity of Social Theory
 Chapter 12 9 Embracing Bodies: Sociology and the Sociology of Sex and Gender
 Chapter 13 10 Where Sociability Comes From: Neurosociological Foundations of Social Interaction
 Chapter 14 IV Dialogical Reconceptualizations within Sociology
 Chapter 15 11 Is There a Future for Sociology in the Bioglobal Age?
 Chapter 16 12 Rationalization, the Constitution of Meaning, and Institutional Development
 Chapter 17 13 Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Civilizational Dimensions of Modernity
 Chapter 18 Appendix
 Chapter 19 Index
 Chapter 20 About the Contributors

Autorenportrait

Charles Camic is the Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hans Joas is director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt, Germany, and professor of sociology and social thought at the University of Chicago.