How "National" is Social Theory? Critical notes on some worrying trends in the recent theorizing of Richard Munch
Published in Sociologia n. 2/2017. Rivista quadrimestrale di Scienze Storiche e Sociali. Un contributo dell’Istituto Luigi Sturzo alla rinascita della Sociologia in Italia
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Jeffrey C. Alexander | ISBN: | 9788849249101 |
| Publisher: | Gangemi Editore | Publication: | November 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Gangemi Editore | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeffrey C. Alexander |
| ISBN: | 9788849249101 |
| Publisher: | Gangemi Editore |
| Publication: | November 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Gangemi Editore |
| Language: | English |
World sociology would lose in the comprehensiveness of its perspective and the variety of its approaches to social reality if the American standardization of a professionalized discipline continued its ascendancy. European sociology needs to resist this trend just as Europe inevitably has to resist the McDonaldization of its culture as a whole in order to preserve diversity for itself and for the world. (Munch 1991: 329). It is only in the transatlantic context of comparisons and relationships that the idea of a “European” identity can gain credence at all. (Scaff 1994: 219, 217)
World sociology would lose in the comprehensiveness of its perspective and the variety of its approaches to social reality if the American standardization of a professionalized discipline continued its ascendancy. European sociology needs to resist this trend just as Europe inevitably has to resist the McDonaldization of its culture as a whole in order to preserve diversity for itself and for the world. (Munch 1991: 329). It is only in the transatlantic context of comparisons and relationships that the idea of a “European” identity can gain credence at all. (Scaff 1994: 219, 217)
