Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs,9780520241374

Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs

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ISBN13: 9780520241374
ISBN10: 0520241371
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

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

Table of Contents

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
17(4)
2. The Sociological Eye and the Psychoanalytic Ear
Nancy J. Chodorow
21(17)
3. The Commodity Frontier
Arlie Russell Hochschild
38(19)
4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption, Fragile Selves
Yiannis Gabriel
57(20)
PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Introduction
Gary T. Marx
77(5)
5. Rational Choice and Sociology
Alberto Martinelli
82(21)
6. Enlisting Smelser's Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology of Religion's New Paradigm
R. Stephen Warner
103(19)
7. Circuits of Commerce
Viviana A. Zelizer
122(23)
8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure
Robert Wuthnow
145(23)
9. The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society
Burton R Clark
168(23)
PART III: BELIEFS
Introduction
Jeffrey C. Alexander
191(4)
10. Primordial Beliefs and Immigration Policy: The Case of Britain's Patrials
Christian Joppke
195(21)
11. Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation
Lyn Spillman
216(18)
12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: From Psychoanalysis to Culture?
James M. Jasper
234(20)
13. Shaping Sociological Imagination: The Importance of Theory
Piotr Sztompka
254(15)
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 269(4)
INDEX 273

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