Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
The Annals of the International Institute of Sociology - Volume 9
Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
Reihe: Annals of the International Institute of Sociology
ISBN: 978-90-04-13114-9
Verlag: Brill
Neither the title of the 35th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, nor its timing and location were coincidental — The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies being discussed in 2001 in Poland, a country which had experienced two totalitarianisms in the previous century. The events of the new millennium thus far demonstrate that history is aimless unless the societies who are its agents have moral goals or visions which they pursue.
The contents of this volume constitute the best evidence of a belief in the universality and importance of moral issues for the social sciences. The deliberations here cover the notion of trust, proceed with the issue of economic inequalities, discuss multiple modernities as a response to imposed modernization, debate postcommunism and corruption, and, finally, examine genocide and its social consequences. The book opens and closes with reflections on the theoretical aspects of what constitutes the moral fabric today.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface, Grazyna Skapska
SECTION ONE: THE MORAL FABRIC IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES: TWO PERSPECTIVES
Morality in Contemporary Society, Masamichi Sasaki
Morality in Contemporary Social Theory, Grazyna Skapska
SECTION TWO: TRUST IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
Trust: A Cultural Resource,Piotr Sztompka
Some Observations on Problems of Trust in Modern Societies, Shmuel Eisenstadt
SECTION THREE: PROMISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS: EASTERN EUROPE AFTER COMMUNISM SEEN FROM SYDNEY AND PRAGUE
Parables of Hope and Disappointment, Martin Krygier
Everyday Democracy in the Czech Republic: Disappointments or New Morals in a Time of Neo-Normalization, Jirina Siklova
SECTION FOUR: DIVIDED WORLD – FACES OF INEQUALITIES
Dimensions and Processes of Global Inequalities, Göran Therborn
Postsocialist Transformations and Various Faces of Inequalities in the Divided World,
Pavel Machonin
SECTION FIVE: COPING WITH CORRUPTION
Is a Sociology of Corruption Possible?,Jacek Kurczewski
The Paths of Italian Corruption,Vincenzo Ferrari
Trust-Mistrust in European Democracies, Mattei Dogan
SECTION SIX:THE MORAL SENSE OF MODERNIZATION
The Moral Dimensions and Tensions of Modernity, Shmuel Eisenstadt
Varieties and Transcendence of Modernity, Björn Wittrock
Modernity, Tradition and the Shi`ite Reformation in Contemporary Iran?, Said Amir Arjomand
Literature and the Moral Imagination of Modernity, Sudipta Kaviraj
SECTION SEVEN: TERROR, GENOCIDE, AND VIOLENCE
The De-Civilizing Process, Eliezer Ben Rafael
“Women, children, older people”: Genocide, Warfare, and the Functional Differentiation of Society, Klaus Dammann
Society as a "Morality-Silencing" Force: Primo Levi, Existential Power, and the Concentration Camp, Nigel Rapport
Answers to Atrocities, Nils Christie
AFTERWORD
The Moral Fabric: Diverse Textures in the Postmodern World, Krzysztof Kowalski& Annamaria Orla-Bukowska
List of Editors and Contributors