José Ingenieros

Yesterday and Today, Critical Readings
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-61777-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Classic and Contemporary Latin American Social Theory

Maximiliano Korstanje presents an overview and analysis of the work of the Argentinian sociologist and physician, José Ingenieros (1877–1925). In fact, José Ingenieros was a seminal scholar who contributed directly to the formation of sociology in Latin America. Born in Palermo, Italy Ingenieros grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He trained in medicine, psychiatry, sociology and philosophy; he devoted much of his life to addressing societal challenges such as mass migration, imperialism, marginality, criminality and social identity.

Korstanje takes in turn the key areas of Ingenieros’s work and examines how his thinking can be brought to bear on the social challenges of today. In particular his work on mass migration and the “Other” have echoes in the problems facing many countries in the early twenty-first century. It is a valuable resource for scholars and students looking to better understand this key figure in Argentinian – and Latin American – sociology in the early twentieth century.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Korstanje, Maximiliano E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Jose Ingenieros, a Short Companion

1. The Question of Social Identity: Among Two Worlds

2. Collective Psychology

3. The Dilemma of Socialism: Opportunity or Decline?

4. On Democracy

5. Why Ingenieros, Why Now? May I Offer Concluding Remarks?

Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Maximiliano E. Korstanje is Reader at Economics Faculty, University of Palermo, Argentina. He is a cultural theorist who has studied the mobilities theory, tourism, migration, terrorism, and political violence in Western democracies. His recent books include Terrorism, Tourism and the end of Hospitality in the West (2017), The Challenges of Democracy in the War on Terror: The Liberal State Before the Advance of Terrorism (2018), Mobilities Paradox: A Critical Analysis (2018), Populism and Postcolonialism (2019), and Terrorism, Technology and Apocalyptic Future (2019).