{"product_id":"invention-of-society-9780745618395","title":"Invention of Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant and original book sets out to dismantle the idea that movements, crises and other phenomena produced in society must be explained by exclusively social causes, without recourse to psychological explanations.   The author argues that we should reassess the significance of psychological causes in human affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Theory, 1988.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book is stimulating and important.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Elegantly written and persuasively argued.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moscovici provides a useful psychological perspective on the work of three major sociological thinkers [Durkheim, Weber and Simmel]. The volume richly deserved the European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Theory that it won.\" \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moscovici's achievement is rare and seminal: he has made social theory exciting again, a field of rewarding exploration and intellectual adventure.\" \u003ci\u003eZygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a book which offers a challenging and radical argument to social scientists of all shades, and one which deserves to be widely read.\" \u003ci\u003eGerard Duveen, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Religion and Nature as the Origins of Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Machine for the Creation of Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Crimes and Punishments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Science Difficult to Name.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Power of the Idea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Social 'Big Bangs'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Genius of Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The \u003ci\u003eMana\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNumina.\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: One of the Greatest Mysteries in the World.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Science of Forms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Money as Passion and as Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The World that has Vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767972462935,"sku":"9780745618395","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745618395.jpg?v=1758715743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invention-of-society-9780745618395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}