Ordinary Knowledge: An Introduction to Interpretative Sociology - Couverture rigide

Maffesoli, Michel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745611184 ISBN 13 : 9780745611181

Editeur : Polity Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this important and stylish book, Michel Maffesoli argues that itis impossible to reduce knowledge to a conception of scienceinherited from the nineteenth century. Instead, he argues, we mustgo beyond intellectual conformities based on limited and archaicmoral or political foundations. This approach emphasizes thegrowing importance of information and communication in modernsocieties.

Maffesoli suggests that sociologists have too often succumbed tothe "positivist fascination" of analytical formalism and dualisticthinking. Rather than viewing society as a finished product, hedevelops an approach which seeks to analyse, in all their nuancesand contradictions, the new forms of social life – particularlyeveryday life – which are beginning to emerge in the late twentiethcentury.

A timely contribution to current debates, Ordinary Knowledge willbe welcomed by students and researchers in sociology and socialtheory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michel Maffesoli is a French sociologist. He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and Julien Freund, and an emeritus professor at Paris Descartes University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In this important and stylish book, Michel Maffesoli argues that itis impossible to reduce knowledge to a conception of scienceinherited from the nineteenth century. Instead, he argues, we mustgo beyond intellectual conformities based on limited and archaicmoral or political foundations. This approach emphasizes thegrowing importance of information and communication in modernsocieties.

Maffesoli suggests that sociologists have too often succumbed tothe "positivist fascination" of analytical formalism and dualisticthinking. Rather than viewing society as a finished product, hedevelops an approach which seeks to analyse, in all their nuancesand contradictions, the new forms of social life – particularlyeveryday life – which are beginning to emerge in the late twentiethcentury.

A timely contribution to current debates, OrdinaryKnowledge will be welcomed by students and researchers insociology and social theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745611184
• ISBN 13: 9780745611181
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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