Pierpaolo Donati, Margaret S. Archer

The Relational Subject

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that relations are real and generate real relational 'goods' and 'evils', affecting those involved and other people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781107106116
• ISBN-10: 1107106117
• Artikelnr.: 42548465

Autorenporträt

Pierpaolo Donati is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre of Studies on Social Innovation (CESIS) at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. Introduction: relational sociology: reflexive and realist
2. The plural subject versus the relational subject
Part II: Prologue: the sources of relational subjects and their resources
3. The relational subject and the person: self, agent and actor
4. Socialization as relational reflexivity
5. Culture reproaches to relationist sociology
Part III: Prologue: the range of relational subjects: where and how they emerge
6. When relational subjects generate relational goods
7. The emergence of collective relational subjects and their societal impact: beyond the market/state binary code
8. Relational subjects and the ravages of globalized markets: the need for subjects with relational ethics
9. Conclusions: collective subjects and the added value of social relations.