Social Capital, Social Identities : : From Ownership to Belonging / / Dieter Thomä, Christoph Henning, Hans Bernhard Schmid.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• TeilnehmendeR: Henning, Christoph,; Schmid, Hans Bernhard,; Thomä, Dieter,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)

Current research on social capital tends to focus on an economic reading of social relations. Whereas economists pride themselves on reaching out to social theory at-large, sociologists criticize the economization of the social fabric. The concept of social capital serves as a touchstone for the study of the role of the economy in modern societies. It serves as a breach for expanding the reach of economic categories, yet it also yields the opportunity for questioning and transforming economic premises in the light of social theory and philosophy. Exploring the concept of social capital in the context of related terms like embeddedness, trust, sociability, and cooperation is particularly instructive. This collection of papers from various disciplines (philosophy, sociology, economics, religious studies) combines conceptual studies and empirical findings. It is a plea for re-embedding economic thought in a broader theoretical framework. By exploring the varieties of social identities implied in the theories of social capital, the authors argue for a social (or more sociable) conception of man.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Thomä, Dieter / Henning, Christoph / Schmid, Hans Bernhard -- Varieties of Belonging: Between Appropriation and Familiarization / Thomä, Dieter -- Cultural Capital and Elective Belonging: A British Case Study / Savage, Mike -- Structures of Belonging, Types of Social Capital, and Modes of Trust / Endress, Martin -- Trust and Cooperation among Economic Agents / Dasgupta, Partha -- Respect, Concern, and Membership / Darwall, Stephen -- Social Capital and Self-Alienation / Schmid, Hans Bernhard -- Cement of Society? Why Civil Religion is unfit to create Social Bonds / Rehm, Michaela -- The Social Capital of Religious Communities in the Age of Globalization / Kippenberg, Hans G. -- Social Capital and Power: A Sociological Point of View / Schultheis, Franz -- Modernity, Welfare State, and Inequality / Diewald, Martin / Luedicke, Joerg -- Social Capital, Public Goods, or the Common Good? / Henning, Christoph -- Notes on Contributors -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects