Overview
- Presents cutting-edge research in the understudied discipline of relational sociology
- Builds on the work of theorists such as Mauss, Latour, Simmel, Deleuze, and Serres
- Explores the discipline within the context of the so-called 'relational turn' of the late twentieth century
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This handbook on relational sociology covers a rapidly growing approach in the social sciences—one which is connected to the interests of a large, diverse pool of researchers across a range of disciplines. Relational sociology has been one of the key foundations of the “relational turn” in human sciences since the 1980s, and it offers a unique opportunity to redefine the basic epistemological and ontological principles of sociology as we know it. The contributors collected here aim to elucidate the complexity and the scope of this growing approach by dealing with three central questions: Where does relational sociology come from and what are its principal concerns? What are the main theoretical and methodological currents within relational sociology? What have we studied in relational sociology and what are the results?
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Presentations of Relational Sociology
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Part II
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Social Forms, System Theories and Network Analysis
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Power Relations, Inequalities and Conflicts
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
François Dépelteau is Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Canada. He is a specialist in sociological theory and relational sociology, and has published many books and articles in journals such as Sociological Theory and The International Review of Sociology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology
Editors: François Dépelteau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66005-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66004-2Published: 24 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88150-8Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66005-9Published: 10 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 686
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociological Theory, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture