Description
Book Synopsis'The Dialogical Turn' considers an alternative to the established sociological theories of synthesis in response to the crisis of intellectual fragmentation. The 'dialogical turn' instead welcomes a plurality of orientations and approaches as the essential basis for maintaining productive dialogue.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 1 The Dialogical Turn Part 2 I Sociology and the Dialogue across Academic Disciplines Chapter 3 2 A Regime of Disciplines: Toward a Historical Sociology of Disciplinary Knowledge Chapter 4 3 Interdisciplinarity in Theory and Practice Chapter 5 4 The Liberal Arts as a Dialogic Project Part 6 II Sociology and the Broader Intellectual Dialogue Chapter 7 5 Max Weber and Emile Durkheim in Dialogue: Classical Views on Contemporary Problems Chapter 8 6 Die Gesellschaft—An Early Transdisciplinary Project Chapter 9 7 Academic Intellectuals Part 10 III Sociological Reconstructions of Disciplinary Fields Chapter 11 8 The Maturity of Social Theory Chapter 12 9 Embracing Bodies: Sociology and the Sociology of Sex and Gender Chapter 13 10 Where Sociability Comes From: Neurosociological Foundations of Social Interaction Part 14 IV Dialogical Reconceptualizations within Sociology Chapter 15 11 Is There a Future for Sociology in the Bioglobal Age? Chapter 16 12 Rationalization, the Constitution of Meaning, and Institutional Development Chapter 17 13 Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Civilizational Dimensions of Modernity Part 18 Appendix Part 19 Index Part 20 About the Contributors
