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What does it mean to be "social"? Is there any intrinsic "mark" of the social shared by behaviour, language, development, identity and science? This book sheds light on these questions and contains the thoughts of 12 philosophers and social scientists from a variety of disciplines.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Mark of the Social Chapter 2 Concerning Sociality: The Plural Subject as Paradigm Chapter 3 A Definition of Social Phenomena for the Social Sciences Chapter 4 How Many Kinds of Things Are There in the World? The Ontological Status of Societies Chapter 5 The Nature and Dynamics of 'The Social' among Humans Chapter 6 The Body and the Social Chapter 7 Social Explanation Chapter 8 The Meaning of 'Social' Chapter 9 Crews, Clubs, Crowds, and Classes: 'The Social' as a Discursive Category Chapter 10 Social Theory in Context: Relational Humanism Chapter 11 Life beyond the Edge of Nature? Or, The Mirage of Society Chapter 12 The Reversible Imaginary: Baudrillard and the End of the Social Chapter 13 Index

The Mark of the Social

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 30 December 1996
      ISBN-13 9780847683079
      978-0847683079
      ISBN-10 0847683079

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What does it mean to be "social"? Is there any intrinsic "mark" of the social shared by behaviour, language, development, identity and science? This book sheds light on these questions and contains the thoughts of 12 philosophers and social scientists from a variety of disciplines.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Introduction: The Mark of the Social Chapter 2 Concerning Sociality: The Plural Subject as Paradigm Chapter 3 A Definition of Social Phenomena for the Social Sciences Chapter 4 How Many Kinds of Things Are There in the World? The Ontological Status of Societies Chapter 5 The Nature and Dynamics of 'The Social' among Humans Chapter 6 The Body and the Social Chapter 7 Social Explanation Chapter 8 The Meaning of 'Social' Chapter 9 Crews, Clubs, Crowds, and Classes: 'The Social' as a Discursive Category Chapter 10 Social Theory in Context: Relational Humanism Chapter 11 Life beyond the Edge of Nature? Or, The Mirage of Society Chapter 12 The Reversible Imaginary: Baudrillard and the End of the Social Chapter 13 Index

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