Beyond Dogmatism : : Studies in Historical Sociology / / Andrea Borghini.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series ; Volume 261
• VerfasserIn: Borghini, Andrea, 1977-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 261.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 260 pages).

"In Beyond Dogmatism. Studies in Historical Sociology Andrea Borghini offers a general overwiew of the perspective of Historical Sociology through distinguished authors working in this field. Each of the contributing chapters traverses the history of sociological thought in a rich and innovative way. Through the analysis of authors such as Bourdieu, Luka`cs, Chase Dunn, Gramsci, Polanyi, Sombart, Mann and topics such as the Critique of Capitalism, the Fetishism of Commodities, the Sociology of Concepts, and various comparisons between Sociology and Political Science, an enlightening panorama is composed. The end result is to restore the extreme topicality and richness of an approach that is particularly valuable for describing and interpreting the dynamics of our age. Contributors are Ricardo A. Dello Buono, Gerardo Pastore, Domenico Maddaloni, Cory Blad, Enrico Campo, Alfonso Maurizio Iacono, Roberta Iannone, Andrea Borghini, Elena Gremigni, Eleonora Piromalli, Lorenzo Sabetta, Carmelo Lombardo and Alfredo Ferrara "-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: The Many Worlds of Historical Sociology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Debate between Sociology and History -- 1.1 First Puzzle: the Unconscious Methodological Nationalism of Historical Sociology (Provincializing America?) -- 1.2 Second Puzzle: Institutionalization as Legitimation -- 1.3 Third Puzzle: Criticism as the Only Direction of the Discipline -- 1.4 Fourth Puzzle: In Search of a Definition -- 2 This Book -- 3 Open Matters -- References -- Chapter 1 Elements for an Emancipatory Historical Sociology: Revisiting Lukács via Mészáros -- 1 The Legacy of György Lukács -- 2 Hegelian Marxism vs Neo-Kantian Sociology -- 3 Reconciling Lukács with Objective History via Mészáros -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Antonio Gramsci's Contribution to a Critical and Historical Sociology -- 1 Theoretical Premises -- 2 Sociology Rejected -- 3 The Marxism of Gramsci -- 4 Towards an Interpretation of Social Change -- 5 Interpreting the Social Reality: Analysis and Processes -- 6 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 3 The Historical Sociology of Long-Term Social Change: Notes on the Contribution of Christopher Chase-Dunn to World-System Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The World-System Analysis: Genesis and Original Features -- 3 World-System Analysis and Long-Term Social Change: Chase-Dunn's Approach -- 4 On Chase-Dunn's Theorizing about Large-Scale Social Change -- 5 Some Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 The Great Oscillation: Historicism, Polanyi's Double Movement, and Embedded Dynamics of Capitalism -- 1 Double Movement and It's Popularity -- 2 Embedded Liberalism -- 3 Neoliberalism -- 4 Postneoliberal Possibilities and Failures -- 4.1 Postneoliberal Possibilities?.

4.2 State Legitimation in Late Capitalism -- References -- Chapter 5 Depth in the Inexhaustible Surface of Things: Postmodernism and the Fetishism of Commodities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Work vs Consumption, Desire vs Need -- 3 Postmodernism: between an "Eclipse of Distance" and Pastiche -- 4 Things "Appear as What They Are" -- 5 Depth Is Hidden on the Surface -- References -- Chapter 6 Method, History, and Society: The Main Road by Werner Sombart -- 1 History and Sociology: a Long Story -- 2 On the Traces of Werner Sombart -- 3 Werner Sombart and Historical Sociology -- 3.1 Historical - Geneticist Classification -- 3.2 The Relationship between Theory and History Through an Interdisciplinary Path -- 4 No Theory, no History -- 5 (Historical) Sociology as Science of Critical Soul -- References -- Chapter 7 Bourdieu and Elias, Historical Sociologists: Notes for a Comparison -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Meaning of a Comparison -- 2 Part One. Historical Sociology as a Vocation: Bourdieu and Elias -- 2.1 Pierre Bourdieu -- 2.1.1 Bourdieu and the Debate in Historical Sociology -- 2.2 Norbert Elias -- 2.2.1 Elias and the Debate in Historical Sociology -- 3 Part Two. A Critical Comparison in the Light of the Notion of State -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 On Habitus, Historical Processes and Art Experience: Some Remarks on Pierre Bourdieu's Early Reflections on the Genealogy of the Judgment of Taste -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Look at the Origin and Spread of the Concept of Habitus -- 3 Habitus and History in Bourdieu's Sociological Theory -- 4 The Genealogy of the Concept of Class Habitus and Its Connection with Art Production and Fruition -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Michael Mann's History of Social Power -- 1 Michael Mann's Organizational Conception of Power -- 2 The Four Sources of Social Power -- 3 A History of Social Power.

References -- Chapter 10 The Sociology of Concepts or the Sociology of Judgments?: Schmitt, Benjamin, Weber -- 1 Political Judgments and the Sociology of Concepts -- 2 Benjamin's Sociology of Concepts, or the Intention "to Interrupt the Course of the World" -- 3 A Different Stance in the Face of Despair -- 4 Weber as a Sociological Model for Developing Political Judgments -- 5 Anything in Common? Coda -- References -- Chapter 11 In Search of Dialogue with History: A Political Science Research Perspective -- 1 A Derivation from History -- 2 The Ahistorical Waves and Their Exceptions -- 3 A Renewed Dialogue -- 3.1 New Institutionalism -- 3.2 Historical Institutionalism -- 3.3 Other Paths to Dialogue -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.