This book traces the major stages in the evolution of the
sociological concept of marginality, highlighting in particular the
contribution made by Gino Germani. Its purpose is to analyse,
starting with the sociological theory of the early 1960s, the
progressive maturation of the scientific status of the concept of
marginality, and to test the theoretical premise that gave rise to
Germani's theory of marginality. The author begins by examining the
contribution of the Chicago School. He explores the complex
relationship between the theory of marginality and modernization by
analysing North American theses and the criticisms mainly generated
in Latin America. The goal is to reconstruct Germani's theoretical
model of marginality, addressing its application to contemporary
social and economic conditions. Giardiello's analysis is
intertwined with two themes that are central to Germani's thought
about marginality. The first concerns the origin of the concept of
social exclusion within sociological thought. The second shows how
marginality is clearly a phenomenology connected to the
contradictions of modernity. Germani's paradigm of marginality
enables the social scientist to resolve the contradictions between
the analytical perspectives that deal with marginality in an
objective way and the one that observes it subjectively.
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