Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Synopsis

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003146698, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation of dichotomous forces in society and to examine the emergence of a "third" in the morphogenetic processes. Through a realist and critical relational sociology, which allows for the fact that human beings are both internal and external to social relations, and therefore to society, the author shows how we are moving towards a new, trans-modern society – one that calls into question the guiding ideas of Western modernity, such as the notion of linear progression, that science and technology are the decisive factors of human development, and that culture can entirely supplant nature. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, economists, political scientists, and social philosophers with interests in relational thought, critical realism, and social transformation.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

252 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000382723

Related ISBNs:

9780367705121, 9781003146698, 9780367705138

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/11/23

Copyrighted By:

Pierpaolo Donati

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government, Sociology

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