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Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent scholars from all walks of the social sciences, reveal the range and depth of Smelser's influence—and his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behavior, higher education, the economy, and psychoanalysis.
Contributors: Jeffrey C. Alexander, Nancy J. Chodorow, Burton R. Clark, Yiannis Gabriel, Arlie Russell Hochschild, James M. Jasper, Christian Joppke, Alberto Martinelli, Gary T. Marx, Lyn Spillman, Piotr Sztompka, R. Stephen Warner, Christine L. Williams, Robert Wuthnow, Viviana A. Zelizer
Contributors: Jeffrey C. Alexander, Nancy J. Chodorow, Burton R. Clark, Yiannis Gabriel, Arlie Russell Hochschild, James M. Jasper, Christian Joppke, Alberto Martinelli, Gary T. Marx, Lyn Spillman, Piotr Sztompka, R. Stephen Warner, Christine L. Williams, Robert Wuthnow, Viviana A. Zelizer
Price: $20.95
Pages: 286
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
20 September 2004
ISBN: 9780520937857
Format: eBook
1. Mastering Ambivalence:
Neil Smelser as a Sociologist of Synthesis
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams
PART I: SELF
Introduction: Christine L. Williams
2. The Sociological Eye and the Psychoanalytic Ear: Nancy J. Chodorow
3. The Commodity Frontier: Arlie Russell Hochschild
4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption, Fragile Selves
Yiannis Gabriel
PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Introduction: Gary T. Marx
5. Rational Choice and Sociology: Alberto Martinelli
6. Enlisting Smelser’s Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology of Religion’s New Paradigm: R. Stephen Warner
7. Circuits of Commerce: Viviana A. Zelizer
8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure: Robert Wuthnow
9. The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society
Burton R. Clark
PART III: BELIEFS
Introduction: Jeffrey C. Alexander
10. Primordial Beliefs and Immigration Policy: The Case of Britain’s Patrials
Christian Joppke
11. Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation: Lyn Spillman
12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: From Psychoanalysis to Culture?
James M. Jasper
13. Shaping Sociological Imagination: The Importance of Theory
Piotr Sztompka
List of Contributors
Index
Neil Smelser as a Sociologist of Synthesis
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams
PART I: SELF
Introduction: Christine L. Williams
2. The Sociological Eye and the Psychoanalytic Ear: Nancy J. Chodorow
3. The Commodity Frontier: Arlie Russell Hochschild
4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption, Fragile Selves
Yiannis Gabriel
PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Introduction: Gary T. Marx
5. Rational Choice and Sociology: Alberto Martinelli
6. Enlisting Smelser’s Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology of Religion’s New Paradigm: R. Stephen Warner
7. Circuits of Commerce: Viviana A. Zelizer
8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure: Robert Wuthnow
9. The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society
Burton R. Clark
PART III: BELIEFS
Introduction: Jeffrey C. Alexander
10. Primordial Beliefs and Immigration Policy: The Case of Britain’s Patrials
Christian Joppke
11. Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation: Lyn Spillman
12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: From Psychoanalysis to Culture?
James M. Jasper
13. Shaping Sociological Imagination: The Importance of Theory
Piotr Sztompka
List of Contributors
Index