ISBN:
9781137367266
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 180 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.5
Keywords:
Group identity
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
Social change
;
Social interaction
;
Self
;
Self
;
Electronic books
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Identität
;
Gesellschaft
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Interaktion
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Self and Society in Social Theory -- 1 Introduction -- Why belonging? -- A relational view of self and society -- Understanding social change -- Why 'belonging' rather than 'identity'? -- The structure of this book -- 2 Where It All Began: The Sociological Classics -- Introduction: from traditional to modern selves -- Marx on alienation -- A short interlude: from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft -- Durkheim on anomie -- Weber on the strictures of rationalization -- Conclusion -- 3 The Loss of Tradition: Diminished or Reflexive Selves? -- Introduction -- Vulnerable, fragmented selves -- Were things so good in the past? -- Reflexive and individualized selves -- The gendered and classed limits of reflexivity -- Have things really changed so much? -- Monadic selves -- Thing-like structures -- Conclusion -- 4 The Relationship Between Self and Society -- Introduction -- A relational society -- Social order in the making -- What are social structures? -- Cooley and Mead on the relational self -- Becoming a moral self -- Bourdieu on habitus -- Goffman on presenting an acceptable self -- Cynical performers? -- New twists in the presentations of self? -- Social change -- Conclusion -- 5 Everyday Personal Life -- Introduction -- Phenomenology -- An everyday world structured by power relations -- Sociology of everyday life -- Different spheres? -- The extraordinary everyday -- The potential for change -- The mindful body -- Haptic perception -- Learning how to perceive -- Tacit knowledge -- Conclusion -- Part 2 Self, Belonging and Social Change -- 6 Belonging: A Window into Social Change -- Introduction -- Defining belonging -- The need to belong -- Knowing the 'rules of the game' -- Home -- Belonging and power -- Is belonging an ideal state? -- Dynamic belonging in the everyday -- Multidimensional belongings.
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