ISBN:
9781000852479
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Durkheim, Émile,-1858-1917
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Sociologists-France-Biography
;
Sociology-Political aspects-France
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Through a series of studies, this book presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist. Looking beyond the conservative elements of Durkheim's thought, it argues that a radical sociology can be found in Durkheim's normative vision, shaped by what we might call libertarian socialism.
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: In Defence of the Political Durkheim -- The Structure of the Book: Defending the Political Durkheim -- Reading Durkheim Today -- Part I: Socialism -- 1. Durkheim's Alternative: Curing the Malaise -- Durkheim's Rules of Sociological Method and Critique -- Durkheim's Critique: The 'Malaise' -- Moral Malaise -- Economic Malaise -- Political Malaise -- Durkheim's Alternatives -- The Corporations -- Banning Inheritance -- Moral Education -- Conclusion -- 2. Individualism Through Association: The Libertarian Socialism of Émile Durkheim and G.D.H. Cole -- Durkheim and Socialism: Three Questions -- Guild Socialism, Libertarianism and G.D.H. Cole -- A Dialogue Between Durkheim and Cole -- Excursus: Cole and Durkheim on Rousseau -- The Shared Libertarian Socialism of Durkheim and Cole -- Individualism -- Guilds/Corporation -- Democracy as Communication -- State/Commune -- The End Goal: Individualism Through Association -- Conclusion -- 3. 'An Army of Civil Servants': Max Weber and Émile Durkheim on Socialism -- Weber on Socialism -- Durkheim on Socialism -- Commonalities and Differences -- Explanation for the Differences -- Socialism and the Sociologist -- Conclusion -- Part II: Politics -- 4. Our COVID Malaise: The Failed Mission of Justice, Pseudo-Democracy and a Politics of the Future after the Pandemic -- The Division of Labour in COVID Society -- A 'Mission of Justice': Key Workers, Mutual Aid and the Post-COVID Settlement -- Partygate: Pseudo-Democracy and the Failure of Collective Representation -- 'Getting Back to Normal'? The Politics of the Future After COVID -- Conclusion: Durkheimian Lessons for a Post-COVID Society -- 5. Social Solidarity, Penal Evolution and Probation (with Fergus McNeill) -- Punishment and Social Solidarity.
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