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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Ser
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Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: In Defence of the Political Durkheim -- The Structure of the Book: Defending the Political Durkheim -- Reading Durkheim Today -- Part I: Socialism -- 1. Durkheim's Alternative: Curing the Malaise -- Durkheim's Rules of Sociological Method and Critique -- Durkheim's Critique: The 'Malaise' -- Moral Malaise -- Economic Malaise -- Political Malaise -- Durkheim's Alternatives -- The Corporations -- Banning Inheritance -- Moral Education -- Conclusion |
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2. Individualism Through Association: The Libertarian Socialism of Émile Durkheim and G.D.H. Cole -- Durkheim and Socialism: Three Questions -- Guild Socialism, Libertarianism and G.D.H. Cole -- A Dialogue Between Durkheim and Cole -- Excursus: Cole and Durkheim on Rousseau -- The Shared Libertarian Socialism of Durkheim and Cole -- Individualism -- Guilds/Corporation -- Democracy as Communication -- State/Commune -- The End Goal: Individualism Through Association -- Conclusion -- 3. 'An Army of Civil Servants': Max Weber and Émile Durkheim on Socialism -- Weber on Socialism |
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Durkheim on Socialism -- Commonalities and Differences -- Explanation for the Differences -- Socialism and the Sociologist -- Conclusion -- Part II: Politics -- 4. Our COVID Malaise: The Failed Mission of Justice, Pseudo-Democracy and a Politics of the Future after the Pandemic -- The Division of Labour in COVID Society -- A 'Mission of Justice': Key Workers, Mutual Aid and the Post-COVID Settlement -- Partygate: Pseudo-Democracy and the Failure of Collective Representation -- 'Getting Back to Normal'? The Politics of the Future After COVID |
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Conclusion: Durkheimian Lessons for a Post-COVID Society -- 5. Social Solidarity, Penal Evolution and Probation (with Fergus McNeill) -- Punishment and Social Solidarity -- Penal Evolution -- Probation, Solidarity and Penal Evolution -- Conclusion -- 6. 'An Apotheosis of Well-Being': Durkheim on Austerity and Double-Dip Recessions -- Durkheim and the Credit Crunch -- Durkheim on the Age of Austerity -- Conclusion: Durkheim's Way out of Crisis -- Part III: Legacies -- 7. A Salute to the Exegetical Giddens: Durkheim Scholar -- Durkheim Before Giddens -- Giddens on Durkheim's Political Sociology |
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Durkheim, Book Reviews and Academia -- Conclusion: The Legacy of the Exegetical Giddens -- 8. Morality as Rebellion: Towards a Partial Reconciliation of Bauman and Durkheim -- Bauman's Sociology of Morality: Turning Durkheim on His Head -- Durkheim's Sociology of Morality: Socialising Actors to Be Moral Agents -- Morality as Rebellion: Saying No in Order to Invoke a Higher Morality -- Conclusion: Morality and the Oversocialised Conception of Individuals -- 9. The Elementary Forms of Sociological Knowledge: Durkheim in British Sociology Textbooks -- The Sociology of Sociology Textbooks |
| Summary |
Through a series of studies, this book presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist. Looking beyond the conservative elements of Durkheim's thought, it argues that a radical sociology can be found in Durkheim's normative vision, shaped by what we might call libertarian socialism |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.
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Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 fast |
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Sociologists -- France -- Biography
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Sociology -- Political aspects -- France
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Sociologists
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Sociology -- Political aspects
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France
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000852479 |
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1000852474 |
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