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Introducing the founders of sociological theory - from Marx, Weber,
Durkheim and Martineau through to Simmel, DuBois, Mead and others -
this accessible textbook locates each thinker within their own
social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps
readers to understand the development of central sociological
concepts and how they can help us understand the contemporary
world. The book includes: Lively biographical sections to help
readers get to know each thinker Clear and easy-to-understand
accounts of each theorist's arguments - and the most common
criticisms Key concept boxes highlighting the most influential
ideas This comprehensive, enlightening text brings the rich and
diverse field of classical sociological theory to life.
A comparative analysis of the dominant ideologies and modes of
legitimization in communist Yugoslavia and post-Communist Serbia
and Croatia. The aim of the book is to identify and explain
dominant normative and operative ideologies and principal modes of
legitimization in these three case studies.
A comparative analysis of the dominant ideologies and modes of
legitimization in communist Yugoslavia and post-Communist Serbia
and Croatia. The aim of the book is to identify and explain
dominant normative and operative ideologies and principal modes of
legitimization in these three case studies.
Introducing you to the most important thinkers and schools of
thought in contemporary sociological theory - from Parsons and
Merton to the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Giddens and
Hochschild - this accessible textbook firmly locates key ideas in
social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps you
to understand the development of central sociological concepts and
how they can help us understand the contemporary world. The book
includes: Lively biographical sections so you can get to know each
thinker Clear and easy-to-understand accounts of each theorist's
arguments - and the most common criticisms Key concept boxes
highlighting the most influential ideas This comprehensive textbook
brings the diverse field of contemporary sociological theory to
life. Essential reading for all students of Sociology and
Sociological Theory.
Introducing you to the most important thinkers and schools of
thought in contemporary sociological theory - from Parsons and
Merton to the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Giddens and
Hochschild - this accessible textbook firmly locates key ideas in
social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps you
to understand the development of central sociological concepts and
how they can help us understand the contemporary world. The book
includes: Lively biographical sections so you can get to know each
thinker Clear and easy-to-understand accounts of each theorist's
arguments - and the most common criticisms Key concept boxes
highlighting the most influential ideas This comprehensive textbook
brings the diverse field of contemporary sociological theory to
life. Essential reading for all students of Sociology and
Sociological Theory.
Introducing the founders of sociological theory - from Marx, Weber,
Durkheim and Martineau through to Simmel, DuBois, Mead and others -
this accessible textbook locates each thinker within their own
social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps
readers to understand the development of central sociological
concepts and how they can help us understand the contemporary
world. The book includes: Lively biographical sections to help
readers get to know each thinker Clear and easy-to-understand
accounts of each theorist's arguments - and the most common
criticisms Key concept boxes highlighting the most influential
ideas This comprehensive, enlightening text brings the rich and
diverse field of classical sociological theory to life.
Globalisation is not the enemy of nationalism; instead, as this
book shows, the two forces have developed together through modern
history. Malesevic challenges dominant views which see nationalism
as a declining social force. He explains why the recent escalations
of populist nationalism throughout the world do not represent a
social anomaly but are, in fact, a historical norm. By focusing on
ever-increasing organisational capacity, greater ideological
penetration and networks of micro-solidarity, Malesevic shows how
and why nationalism has become deeply grounded in the everyday life
of modern human beings. The author explores the social dynamics of
these grounded nationalisms via an analysis of varied contexts,
from Ireland to the Balkans. His findings show that increased
ideological diffusion and the rising coercive capacities of states
and other organisations have enabled nationalism to expand and
establish itself as the dominant operative ideology of modernity.
Malesevic offers a novel sociological answer to the age-old
question: 'Why do humans fight?'. Instead of focusing on the
motivations of solitary individuals, he emphasises the centrality
of the social and historical contexts that make fighting possible.
He argues that fighting is not an individual attribute, but a
social phenomenon shaped by one's relationships with other people.
Drawing on recent scholarship across a variety of academic
disciplines as well as his own interviews with the former
combatants, Malesevic shows that one's willingness to fight is a
contextual phenomenon shaped by specific ideological and
organisational logic. This book explores the role biology,
psychology, economics, ideology, and coercion play in one's
experience of fighting, emphasising the cultural and historical
variability of combativeness. By drawing from numerous historical
and contemporary examples from all over the world, Malesevic
demonstrates how social pugnacity is a relational and contextual
phenomenon that possesses autonomous features.
We live in a rapidly changing world. The collapse of the Cold War,
the development of new technologies and the globalisation of the
world economy have all had a dramatic impact on societies across
the globe. Migration, new types of wars and changing borders mean
that even the stability and security of nation-states has become a
thing of the past. New nationalisms, new social movements and the
resurgence of identity politics all indicate that we are entering a
new era where the very notion of collective identity -- through
nation states or through transnational identity culture -- is
challenged.This volume examines concepts of collective identity,
how they are changing and what this means for our future. With
contributions from distinguished sociologists including Jenkins,
Eisenstadt, Rex, Bauman and Hall, it gives a radical new overview
of collectivity theory -- a topic that lies at the heart of
sociology, anthropology and political science.
Ideology is one of the most hotly disputed terms in the lexicon of
social and political theory. It continues to generate intellectual
dispute more than 200 years after its birth in the fervour of the
French Revolution. The most recent battle-lines around the idea of
ideology have formed in the aftermath of the strident critique of
ideology launched by post-structuralists such as Foucault and
Deleuze. Their claim that "there is no such thing as ideology" has
created a theoretical environment which polarizes critical opinion
either for or against ideology.;This work aims to break with this
culture of antagonism by bringing together leading scholars in the
field to establish a dialogue between post-structuralism and
ideology critique. For the post-structuralists there is a need to
generate a sensitive account of ideology so as to bolster their
claim that they have a significant contribution to make to social
and political criticism. For the ideology theorists there is a need
to engage with the post-structuralist critique of ideology without
taking the assumptions that post-structuralists have so thoroughly
criticized. The essays in this book aim to show how the
intellectual posturing
Malesevic offers a novel sociological answer to the age-old
question: 'Why do humans fight?'. Instead of focusing on the
motivations of solitary individuals, he emphasises the centrality
of the social and historical contexts that make fighting possible.
He argues that fighting is not an individual attribute, but a
social phenomenon shaped by one's relationships with other people.
Drawing on recent scholarship across a variety of academic
disciplines as well as his own interviews with the former
combatants, Malesevic shows that one's willingness to fight is a
contextual phenomenon shaped by specific ideological and
organisational logic. This book explores the role biology,
psychology, economics, ideology, and coercion play in one's
experience of fighting, emphasising the cultural and historical
variability of combativeness. By drawing from numerous historical
and contemporary examples from all over the world, Malesevic
demonstrates how social pugnacity is a relational and contextual
phenomenon that possesses autonomous features.
"This book offers an original synthesis of existing knowledge,
pointing forward in a manner that could influence a new
generation's conception of the field and its agenda. If it attracts
the attention it merits, it could prove one of the most important
books about ethnic and racial relations since the
nineteen-eighties." - Michael Banton, Ethnic and Racial Studies
"Malesevic provides a thorough and balanced account of the
sociological foundations of the study of ethnicity... His
presentation is as critical and engaging as it is easy to read and
logically organized. It is invaluable reading for sociologists." -
Jon Fox, British Journal of Sociology Spanning classical sociology
to current debates, The Sociology of Ethnicity synthesizes the
leading sociological interpretations of ethnic relations and
provides a coherent theoretical framework for its analysis. In this
thoughtful and accessible text, Sinisa Malesevic assesses the
explanatory strength of a range of sociological theories in
understanding ethnicity and ethnic conflict. While acknowledging
that there is no master key or blue-print to deal with each and
every case of interethnic group relations, The Sociology of
Ethnicity develops the best strategy to bridge epistemological and
policy requirements for interethnic group relations. The Sociology
of Ethnicity will be required reading for advanced undergraduates
and postgraduates studying ethnicity and race in sociology and
across the social sciences.
Challenging the prevailing belief that organised violence is
experiencing historically continuous decline, this book provides an
in-depth sociological analysis that shows organised violence is, in
fact, on the rise. Malesevic demonstrates that violence is
determined by organisational capacity, ideological penetration and
micro-solidarity, rather than biological tendencies, meaning that
despite pre-modern societies being exposed to spectacles of cruelty
and torture, such societies had no organisational means to
systematically slaughter millions of individuals. Malesevic
suggests that violence should not be analysed as just an event or
process, but also via changing perceptions of those events and
processes, and by linking this to broader social transformations on
the inter-polity and inter-group levels he makes his key argument
that organised violence has proliferated. Focusing on wars,
revolutions, genocides and terrorism, this book shows how modern
social organisations utilise ideology and micro-solidarity to
mobilise public support for mass scale violence.
Challenging the prevailing belief that organised violence is
experiencing historically continuous decline, this book provides an
in-depth sociological analysis that shows organised violence is, in
fact, on the rise. Malesevic demonstrates that violence is
determined by organisational capacity, ideological penetration and
micro-solidarity, rather than biological tendencies, meaning that
despite pre-modern societies being exposed to spectacles of cruelty
and torture, such societies had no organisational means to
systematically slaughter millions of individuals. Malesevic
suggests that violence should not be analysed as just an event or
process, but also via changing perceptions of those events and
processes, and by linking this to broader social transformations on
the inter-polity and inter-group levels he makes his key argument
that organised violence has proliferated. Focusing on wars,
revolutions, genocides and terrorism, this book shows how modern
social organisations utilise ideology and micro-solidarity to
mobilise public support for mass scale violence.
Has the emergence of nationalism made warfare more brutal? Does
strong nationalist identification increase efficiency in fighting?
Is nationalism the cause or the consequence of the breakdown of
imperialism? What is the role of victories and defeats in the
formation of national identities? The relationship between
nationalism and warfare is complex, and it changes depending on
which historical period and geographical context is in question. In
'Nationalism and War', some of the world's leading social
scientists and historians explore the nature of the connection
between the two. Through empirical studies from a broad range of
countries, they explore the impact that imperial legacies,
education, welfare regimes, bureaucracy, revolutions, popular
ideologies, geopolitical change, and state breakdowns have had in
the transformation of war and nationalism.
War is a highly complex and dynamic form of social conflict. This
book demonstrates the importance of using sociological tools to
understand the changing character of war and organised violence.
The author offers an original analysis of the historical and
contemporary impact that coercion and warfare have on the
transformation of social life, and vice versa. Although war and
violence were decisive components in the formation of modernity
most analyses tend to shy away from the sociological study of the
gory origins of contemporary social life. In contrast, this book
brings the study of organised violence to the fore by providing a
wide-ranging sociological analysis that links classical and
contemporary theories with specific historical and geographical
contexts. Topics covered include violence before modernity, warfare
in the modern age, nationalism and war, war propaganda, battlefield
solidarity, war and social stratification, gender and organised
violence, and the new wars debate.
War is a highly complex and dynamic form of social conflict. This
new book demonstrates the importance of using sociological tools to
understand the changing character of war and organised violence.
The author offers an original analysis of the historical and
contemporary impact that coercion and warfare have on the
transformation of social life, and vice versa. Although war and
violence were decisive components in the formation of modernity
most analyses tend to shy away from the sociological study of the
gory origins of contemporary social life. In contrast, this book
brings the study of organised violence to the fore by providing a
wide-ranging sociological analysis that links classical and
contemporary theories with specific historical and geographical
contexts. Topics covered include violence before modernity, warfare
in the modern age, nationalism and war, war propaganda, battlefield
solidarity, war and social stratification, gender and organised
violence, and the new wars debate.
Ernest Gellner was a unique scholar whose work covered areas as
diverse as social anthropology, analytical philosophy, the
sociology of the Islamic world, nationalism, psychoanalysis, East
European transformations and kinship structures. Despite this
diversity, there is an exceptional degree of unity and coherence in
Gellner's work with his distinctly modernist, rationalist and
liberal world-view evident in everything he wrote. His central
problematic remains constant: understanding how the modern world
came into being and to what extent it is unique relative to all
other social forms. Ten years after his death, this book brings
together leading social theorists to evaluate the significance of
Gellner's legacy and to re-examine his central concerns. It
corrects many misunderstandings and critically engages with
Gellner's legacy to provide a cutting edge contribution to
understanding our contemporary post-9/11, global, late modern,
social condition.
Has the emergence of nationalism made warfare more brutal? Does
strong nationalist identification increase efficiency in fighting?
Is nationalism the cause or the consequence of the breakdown of
imperialism? What is the role of victories and defeats in the
formation of national identities? The relationship between
nationalism and warfare is complex, and it changes depending on
which historical period and geographical context is in question. In
'Nationalism and War', some of the world's leading social
scientists and historians explore the nature of the connection
between the two. Through empirical studies from a broad range of
countries, they explore the impact that imperial legacies,
education, welfare regimes, bureaucracy, revolutions, popular
ideologies, geopolitical change, and state breakdowns have had in
the transformation of war and nationalism.
Ernest Gellner was a unique scholar whose work covered areas as
diverse as social anthropology, analytical philosophy, the
sociology of the Islamic world, nationalism, psychoanalysis, East
European transformations and kinship structures. Despite this
diversity, there is an exceptional degree of unity and coherence in
Gellner"s work with his distinctly modernist, rationalist and
liberal world-view evident in everything he wrote. His central
problematic remains constant: understanding how the modern world
came into being and to what extent it is unique relative to all
other social forms. Ten years after his death, this book brings
together leading social theorists to evaluate the significance of
Gellner"s legacy and to re-examine his central concerns. It
corrects many misunderstandings and critically engages with
Gellner"s legacy to provide a cutting edge contribution to
understanding our contemporary post-9/11, global, late modern,
social condition.
"This book offers an original synthesis of existing knowledge,
pointing forward in a manner that could influence a new
generation's conception of the field and its agenda. If it attracts
the attention it merits, it could prove one of the most important
books about ethnic and racial relations since the
nineteen-eighties." - Michael Banton, Ethnic and Racial Studies
"Malesevic provides a thorough and balanced account of the
sociological foundations of the study of ethnicity... His
presentation is as critical and engaging as it is easy to read and
logically organized. It is invaluable reading for sociologists." -
Jon Fox, British Journal of Sociology Spanning classical sociology
to current debates, The Sociology of Ethnicity synthesizes the
leading sociological interpretations of ethnic relations and
provides a coherent theoretical framework for its analysis. In this
thoughtful and accessible text, Sinisa Malesevic assesses the
explanatory strength of a range of sociological theories in
understanding ethnicity and ethnic conflict. While acknowledging
that there is no master key or blue-print to deal with each and
every case of interethnic group relations, The Sociology of
Ethnicity develops the best strategy to bridge epistemological and
policy requirements for interethnic group relations. The Sociology
of Ethnicity will be required reading for advanced undergraduates
and postgraduates studying ethnicity and race in sociology and
across the social sciences.
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