What Makes a Social Crisis?: The Societalization of Social Problems

ISBN-13: 9781509538256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str.

Jeffrey C. Alexander

Recenzje

"This thrilling book starts with John Dewey's puzzle: when and how does a problem that is troubling only a few people in a specific social sphere get transformed into a moral crisis for the whole of society? With his unique mixture of knowledge and imagination, Jeffrey Alexander formulates an elegant and complex answer to this question and, in so doing, highlights a central mechanism in the normative ordering of contemporary societies." Axel Honneth, Columbia University "Few concepts better describe our age than that of 'crisis', from the economic meltdown of 2008 to the #MeToo movement of today. In a dazzling variety of case studies, Alexander shows that these crises suggest not collapse but vitality, not 'danger and impurity' but sacredness and the quest for order. Read this urgent and startling book to understand why Jeffrey Alexander is one of the world's leading social and cultural theorists." Eva Illouz, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Societalization in Society Chapter 1: What Is Societalization and How Does it Happen? Chapter 2: Who Are the Agents of Societalization? Chapter 3: Why Does Societalization NOT Happen? Chapter 4: Church Pedophilia Chapter 5: Financial Crisis Chapter 6: Phone Hacking Chapter 7: #MeToo Conclusion: Societalization in Theory Notes References

O autorze

Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University.