The Dialogical Turn New Roles for Sociology in the Postdisciplinary Age |
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| Editor:
| Camic, Charles
Joas, Hans |
| Contribution by:
| Abbott, Andrew
Arjomand, Saïd Amir
Eisenstad, S. N.
Goldfarb, Jeffrey C.
Heilbron, Johan
Mendes-Flohr, Paul
Miller, Eleanor
Münch, Richard A.
Smelser, Neil J.
Smith, Thomas W.
Tiryakian, Edward A.
Turner, Stephen P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-2710-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $180.95 |
Book Description:
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Since its birth, sociology has struggled vainly to achieve an encompassing intellectual 'synthesis' as it has fought against the explosion of ideas about the social world. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed to conditions of intellectual fragmentation: 'the dialogical turn,' a sociological approach that welcomes a plurality of orientations and perspectives as the essential basis for establishing productive dialogue. This volume explores this...
More DescriptionSince its birth, sociology has struggled vainly to achieve an encompassing intellectual 'synthesis' as it has fought against the explosion of ideas about the social world. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed to conditions of intellectual fragmentation: 'the dialogical turn,' a sociological approach that welcomes a plurality of orientations and perspectives as the essential basis for establishing productive dialogue. This volume explores this exciting approach, building on the ideas of Donald N. Levine, whose extensive writings on the forms and functions of intellectual dialogue provide the point of departure for an internationally renowned group of scholars. Their innovative chapters assess the role of sociology in the conversation across contemporary academic disciplines, exploring the fundamental structural and conceptual reconstructions now taking place in the social sciences.