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The study of altruism, morality, and social solidarity is an emerging field of scholarship and research in sociology. This handbook will function as a foundational source for this subject matter and field, and as an impetus to its further development.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Perspectives and Future Directions
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The Founders and Intellectual Heritage
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Core Ideas: Elaborations and Implications
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Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: Interrelationships and Applications
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Reviews
"Sociology has a moral purpose and one aspect of that purpose is to create a 21st century version of a recently neglected topic, a sociology of the good. This excellent book does exactly that. It focuses on developing valid knowledge of altruism, morality, and social solidarity, including identifying pathological conditions and exploring preferable alternatives, each of which will help in formulating action plans for the common good of society. For today's sociologists, this inspiring book is a must-read." - Wendell Bell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and Fellow, Koerner Center, Yale University, USA
"A provocative foray designed to jumpstart an emerging subfield the authors call Altrusim, Morality, and Solidarity, this colorful work offers fresh views of personhood, identity dynamics, standard setting in organizations, philanthropy, and the evolutionary benefits of altruism. Beyond Durkheim, it also retrieves neglected understandings of Lev Tolstoy, Jane Addams and Pitirim Sorokin." - Donald N. Levine, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
About the authors
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, USA Sorcha A. Brophy, Yale University, USA Peter Callero, Western Oregon University, USA Alexander Gofman, National Research University, Russia Steven Hitlin, University of Iowa, USA Vincent Jeffries, California State University, Northridge. Pavel Krotov, Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation Matthew T. Lee, University of Akron, USA Margarita A. Mooney, Yale University, USA Lawrence T. Nichols, West Virginia University, USA Patricia Lengermann, George Washington University, USA Gillian Niebrugge, George Washington University, USA Stephen Post, Stony Brook University, USA Paul G. Schervish, Boston College, USA Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame, USA Katherine Sorrell, University of Notre Dame, USA Jan E. Stets, University of California-Riverside, USA Kevin McCaffree, University of California-Riverside, USA Edward A. Tiryakian, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Morgan, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Turner, University of California-Riverside, USARaquel Weiss, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Paulo Peres, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Book Subtitle: Formulating a Field of Study
Editors: Vincent Jeffries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137391865
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Vincent Jeffries 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39184-1Published: 07 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48311-2Published: 07 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39186-5Published: 07 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 434
Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Biological Psychology, Social Theory, Personality and Social Psychology, Organization