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Introduction to Habermas
No full textThis book provides a compact and up-to-date presentation of Jurgen Habermas' oeuvre, with particular reference to his theory of communicative action. It formulates the concepts of communicative rationality and validity claims, indicates the conditions of a perfec communicative rationality, and underscores Habermas' disitnction between understanding- and success-oriented actions. Moreover, this book considers Habermas' critical reception of classical sociologists such as Weber and Durkheim; of the Lukacs and Frankfurt school; of Schutz, Mead and Wittgenstein; and of important contemporary authors such as Foucault, Parsons and Luhmann. Segre also explores Habermas' themes of the rationalization of the life-world and its consequences on the social, cultural, and personality systems. He discusses Habermas' well-known theses of colonization of the life-world, its impact on the public sphere and communicative acion, and the legitimacy crisis that follows as a consequence. Finally, Introduction to Habermas provides an overview of the reception - both critical and appreciative - of Habermas' work
Contemporary Sociological Thinkers and Theories
No full textThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology, covering schools of thought or intellectual movements within the discipline, as well as the work of individual scholars. The author provides not only a rigorous exposition of each theory, but also an examination of the scholarly reception of the approach in question, considering both critical responses and defences in order to reach a balanced evaluation. Chapters cover the following theorists and perspectives: Alexander, Bourdieu, Ethnomethodology, Exchange Theory, Foucault, Giddens, Goffman, Habermas, Luhmann, Merton ,Network and Social Capital Theory, Parsons, Rational Choice Theory, Schutz and Phenomenalism, Structuralism, Symbolic Interactionism An accessible and informative treatment of the central approaches in sociology over the course of the last century, this volume marks a significant contribution to sociological theory and constitutes an essential addition to library collections in the areas of the history of sociology and contemporary social theory
A Note on Max Weber’s Reception on the Part of Symbolic Interactionism, and its Theoretical Consequences
No full textThe overall reception of Max Weber on the part of the Symbolic Interactionism is marked by a lack of consideration, or by perfunctory mention, or by critical rejection. To the extent that Weber's work has been considered at all, attention has been devoted to his notion of Verstehen, variously appraised, rather than to other Weberian categories. This papaer is an attempt to reconsider Weber's potential contribution to Symbolic Interactionism in a more positive light. To this end, the Weberian categories of Verstehen and consensual action have been related, with particular reference to Blumer (1969), to those of meaningful interaction and definition of the situation. A discussion of status groups, as Weber representatives of Symbolic Interactionism have defined and discussed them, should bring into light the potential relevance of Weber for this theoretical perspective
Sandro Segre, Contemporary Sociological Thinkers and Theories
No full textDans cet ouvrage, Sandro Segre s’adresse aux chercheurs et doctorants en sciences sociales, en leur proposant un parcours éclairant au cœur de la « sociologie contemporaine », autour de seize auteurs et théories qui ont alimenté et alimentent toujours des réflexions, des recherches et des débats en sociologie. Ces seize « monuments », qui constituent autant de chapitres, sont : le néofonctionnalisme de Jeffrey Alexander, Pierre Bourdieu, l’ethnométhodologie, la « théorie des échanges », Miche..
"Immigrati e comportamento criminale", Rassegna italiana di sociologia, 1999, a.XL, n.2, pp.322-334.
No full textA Weberian Analysis of Business Groups and Financial Markets. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008.
No full textThis work has pursued three goals. Firstly, to expound on the thesis, which Weber and Simmel have originally formulated, that economic and social exchanges are best promoted by a particular combination of restricted and generalized reciprocity. Secondly, to formulate ideal types of organizations of production, and therefore of relations among firms, which are conducive to this combination of different kinds of trust. Finally, to illustrate the consequences for an organization of production to survive and succeed in the global market, which derive from the prevailing of a specific kind of trust. As Weber and Simmel have argued, a country's competitiveness in the global market depends on whether market exchanges benefit a restricted number of local participants, or is rather open to all actual and potential participants. Only in the latter case the norms and principles of a moral economy apply. The first chapter considers the question of whether ethical behavior, in the sense of a commitment to the observance of norms of reciprocity and fairness, is necessary to the proper functioning of the market, and dwells on Toennies', Simmel's and Weber's positions in this regard. The two latter authors have contended, in contrast to Toennies, that the market is an institution, failure to comply with these norms would be in the long run detrimental to a country's productive organization, and market exchanges are more viable in an economy open to international exchanges. The second chapter contrasts two ideal types of organizations of production, designated as the "German" and the "English" model, and describing two different market communities dominated by large-scale and small or medium-sized enterprises. Korea and Taiwan are here considered as approximation to, respectively, the former and the latter ideal type. This chapter also shows how empirical approximation to the former or the latter ideal type involves different consequences, in line with Simmel's and Weber's theoretical formulations. The third chapter deals
with financial markets as particular market communities, as instantiated by the London Stock Exchange, and expatiates on Weber's thesis that for their optimal functioning financial markets need the preservation of moral principles in financial exchanges, and the involvement of specific economic actors as guardians of such principles. A recapitulation is here provided of the aims and contents of this work. Moreover, the theoretical reasons for the superior performance of the "English" model are stated
"Durkheim on Rationality."
No full textThe paper explores Durkheim’s different notions of rationality, aims to formulate a Durkheimian theory of social integration, which should be both unitary and compatible with a particular version of RCT, and to this end refers to the whole Durkheimian work. To pursue these theoretical goals, it recalls Durkheim’s fundamental distinction between an individual and social state of consciousness, which may be related to two distinct conceptions of rationality as may be found in RCT. The paper explores, furthermore, the societal preconditions and consequences which characterize, according to Durkheim, the one and the other state of consciousness, especially insofar as solidary rules and norms are concerned. A Durkheimian theory of social integration is then formulated, and its relationship with some unresolved issues in RCT discussed
Ethnomethodology in Italy
No full textThis article provides an overview on works that have come out in Italy in the field of ethnomethodology. General introductory works are considered first, with reference to their similarities and differences. Subsequently, the interpretations and discussions concerning the ethnomethodological perspective are briefly presented, and the limited amount of empirical investigations on ethnomethodological questions is mentioned. Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology has been the object of a few specific introductory and interpretative contributions. The relationship between ethnomethodology and sociolinguistics has been a further and distinct research theme. Discourse and conversational analysis as a research field of its own has elicited a remarkable flow of research, which is—in contrast to ethnomethodology—not only methodological and epistemological but empirical as well. In particular, a number of authors have studied asymmetrical conversational exchanges in the institutional context provided by an Italian Court of Justice. Conversational analysis also has been instrumental in studying the production of social identity. In the final discussion, some theoretical points Italian students of ethnomethodology and the related disciplines have raised and discussed are presented in a condensed form
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