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Should Sociology be Normative?

‘canonical model’, in which a subdiscipline dealing with normative issues is established, on the model of political philosophy. This would be organised as ‘a set of canonical moral texts and a formally ... that the values on which normative judgments are made must be explicit and justified, drawing directly on political philosophy. Indeed, Modood proposes a distinction between normative sociology per se

“Intersubjectivity is Intercorporeity”: A Philosophical Comment on Staubmann’s Sociology in a New Key

sociality. In what follows, I will examine Staubmann’s theory of the body from a philosophical viewpoint. I will discuss his main claims and relate them to recent developments in philosophy. First, I will ... philosophy. First, I will outline Staubmann's position. Then, I will explore the similarities between this position and the interaction theory of social cognition, as developed by Gallagher, De Jaegher, Fuchs

Sociocultural Context, Reference Scholars and Contradictions in the Origin and Development of Sociology in Italy

for the term that, as is well known, was coined by Comte). Its origins, therefore, can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century and its development substantially follows the socio-political ... socio-cultural and political development of Italy, which can be substantially divided into three historical phases as sustained by Martinelli (2001) : the period of the Savoy monarchy, 1861–1922; the

For a new Sociology of Social love

pictorial arts, sung about in music. Even philosophy, from its very beginnings, has devoted beautiful and intense pages to this theme. For reasons difficult to understand, the founding fathers of our ... about in music. Love is constantly at the centre of the thoughts and turmoil of any person, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or religion. Even philosophy, from its very beginnings, has

Writing, Reading, and Interpreting a Rorschach Text

of dragging sociologists of intellectuals into the substantive and political disputes that are proper of, and relevant to, their discipline in that particular moment. Given the dynamics of scholarly ... Department of Sociology (and Philosophy, Education, and Applied Psychology) to the Department of History (and Geography and the Ancient World) in my home university of Padova, Italy. The move, which was

Hope in the Sociological Thoughts of some Founding Fathers

sense and the rise of individualism between the 17th and 18th centuries, hope becomes a program of political and social transformation, aimed at this world. In my contribution I trace the emergence of the ... the progressive secularization of culture, social thought has found itself having to define hope on new, individual, and collective grounds. In an era marked by such profound political and social

Bellah’s Durkheim: A fruitful reinvention?

philosophy, still considered in the French educational system of the Third Republic, as the “crowning discipline”, able to subsume the growing diversity of the social sciences (Fabiani, 1988) . However, it ... from the start his project as an Aufhebung of philosophy, the queen of disciplines being unable to deal with the social issues of the time. He called for another type and another style of investigation

Is a Sociology of Hope Possible? An Attempt to Recompose a Theoretical Framework and a Research Programme

crucial questions: Who are the actors and historical bearers of hope? What are the main socio-historical forms of hope? What social, political, and cultural conditions favour the emergence and strengthening ... Sciences, University of Molise , Via Francesco De Sanctis 1, Campobasso 86100 , Italy 1 Department of Political and Communication Sciences, University of Salerno , Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano 84084

C. Wright Mills in Copenhagen: Collaboration, Politics, and the Making of

World War II. In 1947, the young Danish political economist Henning Friis, flew across the Atlantic  to New York to take up a Fulbright scholarship at the New School of Social Research. The trip almost ... Rockefeller Foundation exploring the prospects for a Danish research institute, which, like Lazarsfeld’s Bureau of Applied Research, would function as a “half-way house” between social research and political

The Emotions of Hope: From Optimism to Sanguinity, from Pessimism to Despair

, 162 - 167 . https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481. 1989 .9938410 Blöser , C. , Huber , J. , & Moellendorf , D. ( 2020 ). Hope in political philosophy . Philosophy Compass . https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3 ... experience of a deep pessimism that leads to despair, can result. Long a concern of philosophy and social theory, despair has become topical in contemporary fields including psychiatry, psychology, emotions

Editor’s Introduction: Hope, Theory and Positive Sociology

the Navajo philosophy of harmony. We also brought out articles by Roberto Cipriani on “the other, altruism and empathy,” by Estrella Gualda on “altruism, solidarity and a committed sociology,” and by ... the sociology of the environment, political sociology, and the sociologies of emotions, work and religion. Further development of a sociology of hope, in TenHouten’s view, will require extensive

Politics and the Academic Social Scientist; The Record of Talcott Parsons

political views and that his theoretical formulations were rigidly tied to a conservative view of social order. The present paper reviews Parsons’ major political involvements through the course of his career ... and worked closely with students of various political views and sought to protect their rights of freedom of political expression. Few aspects of Talcott Parsons' life and work have been as

Bortolini’s Bellah and Bellah’s Bortolini: A Reading of an Ethical Biography

Philosophy), Dominican University of California , Berkeley, CA , United States An ethical biography entails assessing four major elements, the narrated author, the narrating author, the text and the reader ... political agendas. As I made clear in A Joyfully Serious Man, the Berkeley sociologist was rather conscious of his own position as a white bourgeois man long before adopting his trademark “symbolic realism

Immigration, Domination, and ‘Proportional Patriotism’: Recovering the Sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

This article addresses the sociological approach and political engagements of the early twentieth century sociologist, Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951). He is now largely forgotten, but he had ... -American emancipation. Through his political engagement especially during WWI, he also made important contributions to the political independence and representation of various dominated nationalities and

Hope and Paradox in Contemporary Chinese Society: A Moment for Cultural Transformation?

philosophy is that of the future, therefore also of the future in the past; thus, in this collected consciousness of Front, it is living theory-practice of comprehended tendency, familiar with occurrence, in ... role in social status distribution. According to Nee’s prediction, as the proportion of market exchange replacing redistribution increases, the value of political capital will decrease, while the return

C. Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination and the Construction of Talcott Parsons as a Conservative Grand Theorist

, which he called the sociological imagination. The way Mills conceptualized sociological imagination leans towards an ideological world-view with political ambitions but lacks the necessary theoretical ... ” Parsons. The conceptual deficiencies of Mills' sociological imagination lead into theoretical antinomies and the practical inability to resolve political issues outside of forceful intervention as suggested

Parsons and Politics—Introductory Remarks

philosophy from USF and a M.A. in philosophy from the University of Virginia. His most recent books include Carl Schmitt on Law and Liberalism (Palgrave 2020) and Raymond Aron’s Philosophy of Political ... focus on ethnomethodology, race relations, social theory and political philosophy. Most recently (2019), she published Harold Garfinkel’s Parsons Primer. Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at

Religion and Black Racial Identity in Du Bois’s Sociology

improve their social and political position. Institutional religion was then an important identity source for Blacks in general. It was not, however, for Du Bois himself. Du Bois had experienced racial ... “to confront the common problems of the Blacks,” such as social reform and political empowerment” (Evans, 2007, p. 293) . These different interpretations of Du Bois’s sociology of religion will be

Afterword: A Functional Analysis of the Crisis in American Society, 2020

illness, the economic recession that accompanied the pandemic and efforts to control it, and the tensions of the national political campaign, followed by the refusal of President Trump to acknowledge his ... question of why allegations of disloyalty among intellectuals and high government officials stimulated a political movement with widespread support; of the U.S. in the period of the Civil Rights movement