Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking

ISBN-13: 9780367705121 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 252 str.

Pierpaolo Donati

Opis

Drawing on and extending the relational thought of Simmel, this book argues that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations are profoundly changing modern society and will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an after-modern or relational society that challenges the guiding ideas of Western modernity.

Spis treści

Introduction: Towards a Relational Society;  Part 1: The Emergence of Aftermodernity;  1. Beyond the Modern Dilemma Freedom (Lib) vs Control (Lab): What After?;  2. Overcoming the Market/State Binary Code;  3. Shedding Light on Society through a Relational (Not Relationist) Gaze;  Part 2: Insights into the Morphogenetic Changes of Social Morality;  4. Relational Society as a Morphogenetic Configuration;  5. The Morphogenesis of Social Morality;  6. Morality and Social Networks;  Part 3: Why and How Can the New Society be "Good"?; 7. What Does the Good Life Consist Of?;  8. The Emergence of New Social Subjects Generating Relational Goods;  Part 4: The Hybridisation of Society: Shall We Forget About its Human Character?;  9. The New Scenario of a Hybridised Society;  10. Prospects: Should We Abandon the Dream of a Human(e) Society?

O autorze

Pierpaolo Donati is Alma Mater Professor (PAM) of Sociology at the University of Bologna, Italy. Former President of the Italian Sociological Association, he is the author of Relational Sociology: A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences, co-author of The Relational Subject, and co-editor of Social Science, Philosophy and Theology in Dialogue.