ISBN:
9780520937857
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0520937856
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (286 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Self, social structure, and beliefs
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology Philosophy
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Social structure
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Sociology
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Sociology
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Social structure
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Sociology Philosophy
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Sociology
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Social structure
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Sociology
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Sociology ; Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Neil Smelser is an iconic figure in sociology. This volume reveals the range & depth of his influence, & his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behaviour, higher education, the economy, & psychoanalysis
Description / Table of Contents:
Mastering ambivalence : Neil Smelser as a sociologist of synthesis / Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, Christine L. WilliamsIntroduction / Christine L. Williams -- The sociological eye and the psychoanalytic ear / Nancy J. Chodorow -- The commodity frontier / Arlie Russell Hochschild -- The glass cage : flexible work, fragmented consumption, fragile selves / Yiannis Gabriel -- Rational choice and sociology / Alberto Martinelli -- Enlisting Smelser's theory of ambivalence to maintain progress in sociology of religion's new paradigm / R. Stephen Warner -- Circuits of commerce / Viviana A. Zelizer -- Trust as an aspect of social structure / Robert Wuthnow -- The organizational foundations of university capability : differentiation and competition in the academic sector of society / Burton R. Clark -- Introduction / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- Primordial beliefs and immigration policy : the case of Britain's patrials / Christian Joppke -- Causal reasoning, historical logic, and sociological explanation / Lyn Spillman -- Intellectual cycles of social movement research : from psychoanalysis to culture? / James M. Jasper -- Shaping sociological imagination: the importance of theory / Piotr Sztompka.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
