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 it is impossible to reduce knowledge to a conception of science inherited from the nineteenth century. Instead, he argues, we must go beyond intellectual conformities based on limited and archaic moral or political foundations. This approach emphasizes the growing importance of information and communication in modern societies.

Maffesoli suggests that sociologists have too often succumbed to the "positivist fascination" of analytical formalism and dualistic thinking. Rather than viewing society as a finished product, he develops an approach which seeks to analyse, in all their nuances and contradictions, the new forms of social life - particularly everyday life - which are beginning to emerge in the late twentieth century.

A timely contribution to current debates, Ordinary Knowledge will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociology and social theory.

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.

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
• Personne responsable: non disponible