Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking

This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea...

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description This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation of dichotomous forces in society and to examine the emergence of a "third" in the morphogenetic processes. Through a realist and critical relational sociology, which allows for the fact that human beings are both internal and external to social relations, and therefore to society, the author shows how we are moving towards a new, trans-modern society – one that calls into question the guiding ideas of Western modernity, such as the notion of linear progression, that science and technology are the decisive factors of human development, and that culture can entirely supplant nature. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, economists, political scientists, and social philosophers with interests in relational thought, critical realism, and social transformation.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-641972025-03-12T18:03:34Z Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking Donati, Pierpaolo after-modernity critical realism modernity relational thinking relational thought Simmel social relations social transformation trans-modern western modernity This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation of dichotomous forces in society and to examine the emergence of a "third" in the morphogenetic processes. Through a realist and critical relational sociology, which allows for the fact that human beings are both internal and external to social relations, and therefore to society, the author shows how we are moving towards a new, trans-modern society – one that calls into question the guiding ideas of Western modernity, such as the notion of linear progression, that science and technology are the decisive factors of human development, and that culture can entirely supplant nature. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, economists, political scientists, and social philosophers with interests in relational thought, critical realism, and social transformation. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-03-23T08:56:06Z 2021 book ONIX_20210323_9781000382679_2 ONIX_20210323_9781000382679_2 OCN: 1227831392 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47506 9781000382679 9780367705138 9781003146698 9780367705121 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64197 eng Routledge Advances in Sociology open access image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47506/1/9781000382679.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47506/1/9781000382679.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47506/1/9781000382679.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47506/1/9781000382679.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47506/1/9781000382679.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003146698 10.4324/9781003146698 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781000382679 9780367705138 9781003146698 9780367705121 Routledge 262 open access
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critical realism
modernity
relational thinking
relational thought
Simmel
social relations
social transformation
trans-modern
western modernity
Donati, Pierpaolo
Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking
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critical realism
modernity
relational thinking
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Simmel
social relations
social transformation
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western modernity
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