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At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of ‘homo economicus’:
an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which
arguably leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French
sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of ‘the gift’,
Frank Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only
glue that holds societies together; people are giving beings and
they can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of
maximizing personal gain in capitalism is broken. Acknowledging the
role of women, nature, and workers in the Global South in
transforming society, this book proposes a politics of
conviviality, (from the Latin con-vivere: living together) for
global and environmental justice as an alternative to the pursuit
of profit, growth, and consumption.
This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare
in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and
institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social
dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and
political consequences of increasing life expectancies and
demographic change in the context of biomedicine and public health.
By focusing on the field of biomedicine and healthcare, the authors
engage readers in a dialogue on the ethical and social implications
of recent trends in dementia research and care, advance healthcare
planning, or the rise of anti-ageing medicine and prevention.
Bringing together the largely separated debates of individualist
bioethics on the one hand, and public health ethics on the other,
the volume deliberately considers the entanglements of envisioning,
evaluating, and controlling individual and societal futures. So
far, the process of devising and exploring the various positive and
negative visions and strategies related to later life has rarely
been reflected systematically from a philosophical, sociological,
and ethical point of view. As such, this book will be crucial to
those working and studying in the life sciences, the humanities,
and the social sciences, particularly in the areas of bioethics,
social work, gerontology and aging studies, healthcare and social
service, sociology, social policy, and geography and population
studies.
At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of 'homo economicus': an
ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably
leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French
sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of 'the gift', Frank
Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only glue
that holds societies together; people are giving beings and they
can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing
personal gain in capitalism is broken. Acknowledging the role of
women, nature, and workers in the Global South in transforming
society, this book proposes a politics of conviviality, (from the
Latin con-vivere: living together) for global and environmental
justice as an alternative to the pursuit of profit, growth, and
consumption.
This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare
in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and
institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social
dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and
political consequences of increasing life expectancies and
demographic change in the context of biomedicine and public health.
By focusing on the field of biomedicine and healthcare, the authors
engage readers in a dialogue on the ethical and social implications
of recent trends in dementia research and care, advance healthcare
planning, or the rise of anti-ageing medicine and prevention.
Bringing together the largely separated debates of individualist
bioethics on the one hand, and public health ethics on the other,
the volume deliberately considers the entanglements of envisioning,
evaluating, and controlling individual and societal futures. So
far, the process of devising and exploring the various positive and
negative visions and strategies related to later life has rarely
been reflected systematically from a philosophical, sociological,
and ethical point of view. As such, this book will be crucial to
those working and studying in the life sciences, the humanities,
and the social sciences, particularly in the areas of bioethics,
social work, gerontology and aging studies, healthcare and social
service, sociology, social policy, and geography and population
studies.
The Active Society, published in 1968, is the most ambitious book
in Amitai Etzioni's remarkable career. It is sociology in the grand
tradition, with at least one foot outside its own time. In it,
Etzioni confronts the great modern irony- that setting out to
become the masters of nature, humans become mastered by their own
instruments- championing the sense of agency and aiming to
demonstrate that humanity can direct its own creations, or at
least, that societies can aspire to a greater measure of authentic
self-government. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey
McWilliams brings together scholars in a range of disciplines to
analyze the significance and shortcomings of this important work.
They comment on the importance of Etzioni's contributions, the
magnitude of his achievement, and the extent to which The Active
Society speaks to contemporary social and political life.
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The Active Society, published in 1968, is the most ambitious book
in Amitai Etzioni's remarkable career. It is sociology in the grand
tradition, with at least one foot outside its own time. In it,
Etzioni confronts the great modern irony that setting out to become
the masters of nature, humans become mastered by their own
instruments championing the sense of agency and aiming to
demonstrate that humanity can direct its own creations, or at
least, that societies can aspire to a greater measure of authentic
self-government. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey
McWilliams brings together scholars in a range of disciplines to
analyze the significance and shortcomings of this important work.
They comment on the importance of Etzioni's contributions, the
magnitude of his achievement, and the extent to which The Active
Society speaks to contemporary social and political life.
This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950)
to social theory and a theory of cooperation. It shows that Mauss's
essay "The Gift" (1925) can be seen as a classic of a pragmatist,
interactionist and anti-utilitarian sociology. It critiques the
dichotomy of self-interest and normatively orientated action that
forms the basis of sociology. This conceptual dichotomization has
caused forms of social interaction (that cannot be localized either
on the side of self-interest or on that of morality) to be
overlooked or taken little notice of. The book argues that it is
the logic of the gift and its reciprocity that accompany and
structure all forms of interaction, from the social micro to the
macro-level. It demonstrates that in modern societies agonistic and
non-agonistic gifts form their own orders of interaction. This book
uniquely establishes the paradigm of the gift as the basis for a
theory of interaction. It will be of great interest to researchers
and postgraduates in social theory, cultural theory, political
sociology and global cooperation, anthropology, philosophy and
politics.
This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950)
to social theory and a theory of cooperation. It shows that Mauss's
essay "The Gift" (1925) can be seen as a classic of a pragmatist,
interactionist and anti-utilitarian sociology. It critiques the
dichotomy of self-interest and normatively orientated action that
forms the basis of sociology. This conceptual dichotomization has
caused forms of social interaction (that cannot be localized either
on the side of self-interest or on that of morality) to be
overlooked or taken little notice of. The book argues that it is
the logic of the gift and its reciprocity that accompany and
structure all forms of interaction, from the social micro to the
macro-level. It demonstrates that in modern societies agonistic and
non-agonistic gifts form their own orders of interaction. This book
uniquely establishes the paradigm of the gift as the basis for a
theory of interaction. It will be of great interest to researchers
and postgraduates in social theory, cultural theory, political
sociology and global cooperation, anthropology, philosophy and
politics.
What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The
Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short
diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and
desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical
synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It
is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a
post-neoliberal and post-growth convivialist future. This volume
includes a theoretical debate on convivialism which reflects
dystopias and shows the multiple and major obstacles that
convivialism will have to face. Mainly, however, the contributors
to this volume create sketches of a convivial future and collect
accounts of another future world which is attractive for as many as
possible.
In der wissenschaftlichen und politischen Debatte um
Zivilgesellschaft geht es vorrangig um das Verhaltnis von
Burgerinnen und Burgern zum Staat. Erst in jungerer Zeit wird das
Verhaltnis der Wirtschaft zur Zivilgesellschaft sowie die Rolle von
Unternehmen als Akteure in der Zivilgesellschaft uber Konzepte wie
"stakeholder-value", "coporate responsibility" oder "corporate
citizenship" thematisiert. Das Jahrbuch fur Europa- und
Nordamerika-Studien will einen Beitrag zu einer theoriegeleiteten
sowie empirischen Auseinandersetzung leisten und nimmt eine erste
Analyse sowohl der deutschen und US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft
unter vergleichender Perspektive als auch auf globaler Ebene vor.
Dabei wird das Verhaltnis von wirtschaftlichen Akteuren und
Zivilgesellschaft theoretisch und empirisch eingefangen sowie nach
den Machtkonstellationen, Kooperationsmoglichkeiten und
Konfliktlinien zwischen beiden Sektoren gefragt.
How does tacit knowledge inscribe itself into cultural and social
practices?As the established distinction between tacit and explicit
or discursive forms of knowledge does not explain this question,
the contributions in this volume reconstruct, describe, and analyze
the manifold processes by which the tacit reveals itself: They
focus, for example, on metaphors, feelings, and visualizations as
explications of the tacit as well as on processes of embodiment.
Taken together, they demonstrate that the tacit does not constitute
a single or unified knowledge complex, but has to be understood in
its differentiated and fragmented forms. In addition to scholarly
essays, the volume features interviews with Mark Johnson, Theodore
Schatzki, and Loic Wacquant.
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