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Writing, Reading, and Interpreting a Rorschach Text. An Attempt at Fourth-Order Observation and Reflexivity
Full text linkA rejoinder to the papers on A Joyfully Serious Man. The Life of Robert Bellah (AJSM) written by Andrew Abbott, Federico Brandmayr, Charles Camic, Andrea Cossu, Jean-Louis Fabiani, Laura Ford, Harlan Stelmach, and Rhys Williams. Conceived as an exercise in self-reflection, the paper addresses five wide areas: specific critiques of AJSM; an assessment of the relationship between AJSM and the research project whence it came; the connections between author and critics; a clarification of some fact regarding the main character of AJSM, that is, Robert Bellah; and the analysis of particular experiences which the author, Bellah, and his critics share as sociologists
In ordine sparso. Avvertimenti e ipotesi sul non sapere della sociologia
Full text linkSociology does not know much about itself. Most empirical research about sociology focuses on American sociology and presents the discipline as a multi-paradigmatic and loose pseudoscientific endeavour. All available explanations of this state of affairs, moreover, leave little hope of a major breakthrough. While some sociologists vociferously call for a Copernican, if unlikely, revolution, the great majority seems to opt for a mix of loyalty and exit, playing the part of the “social scientist” inside, and for, diverse non-scientific environments (i.e. political, social, and activist groups, policy making agencies, State funded research councils, etc.). The author’s hypothesis is that sociologists do not see themselves as “intellectuals”, i.e. people who put cultural concerns above social ones in performing their primary role. This makes the average sociologist an unlikely debater and a poor scientist. While calling for an empirical test of his hypothesis, the author declares his personal preference for a deeper understading of the role of the intellectual on behalf of sociologists
recensione di Craig Calhoun (ed.), Robert K. Merton. Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science. New York: Columbia UP, 2010, xii + 320 pp.
Full text linkrecensione di un volume a cura di C. Calhou
Storie, religioni e capi sanguinari. Riflessioni sull’opus magnum di Robert N. Bellah
Full text linkThe first and last sections of the paper narrate stories about the origins and long-term plan of Robert N. Bellah’s Religion in Human Evolution (RHE). The excursus is an illustration of the explicative power of RHE which focuses on the emergence of domination in the shift from tribal societies to chiefdoms. Bellah’s explanation is compared with two other influential explanations of the rise of organized political power. Gianfranco Miglio has explained the rise of political power and chiefs in a mostly individualistic and ethological way: starting from big game hunting, hierarchic relationships emerge almost naturally from intrinsic differences between individuals (strength, charisma, skills). Michael Mann introduces «ideological power», that is the power to create and diffuse definitions of the situation, but only indicates material and technological factors to explain the rise of political power and early «states». On its part, Bellah’s interpretation puts religion under the spotlight without sacrificing material factors
Perché si legge il sociologo. Introduzione a un simposio su Alessandro Pizzorno e «i classici»
No full textJ. Butler, J. Habermas, C. Taylor, C. West, Religione e spazio pubblico, a cura di E. Mendieta e J. vanAntwerpen, Armando editore, Roma, 2015.
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Review: Bonnie Honig, "Democracy and the Foreigner", Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2001.
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