The relational subject /

More and more social theorists are now calling themselves 'Relational Sociologists', but they mean entirely different things by this term. It can cover anything from reductionist methodological individualism to a form of holistic sociological imperialism that deems all our relations to be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donati, Pierpaolo, 1946-
Other Authors: Archer, Margaret S. (Margaret Scotford)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. 1. Introduction: relational sociology: reflexive and realist; / Pierpaolo Donati and Margaret S. Archer; 2. On plural subjectivity and the relational subject / Margaret S. Archuer and Pierpaolo Donati
  • Part II. Prologue: The Sources of Relational Subjects and their Resources;: 3. The relational subject and the person: self, agent and actor / Margaret S. Archuer; 4. Socialization as relational reflexivity / Margaret S. Archer; 5. Culture reproaches to relationist sociology / Margaret S. Archuer
  • Part III. Prologue: The Range of Relational Subjects: where and how they emerge: 6. When Relational Subjects generate relational goods / Pierpaolo Donati; 7. The emergence of collective Relational Subjects and their societal impact: beyond the market/state binary code / Pierpaolo Donati; 8. Relational Subjects and the ravages of globalized markets: the need for subjects with relational ethics / Pierpaolo Donati; 9. Conclusions: collective subjects and the added value of social relations / Pierpaolo Donati and Margaret S. Archuer.