Contentious Minds
Why does the mind matter for joint action? Contentious Minds is a comparative study of how cognitive and relational processes allow activists to sustain their commitment. With survey data and narratives of activists engaged in three commitment communities, the minds of activists involved in contenti...
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Oxford University Press
2021
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| author | Passy, Florence Monsch, Gian-Andrea |
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| description | Why does the mind matter for joint action? Contentious Minds is a comparative study of how cognitive and relational processes allow activists to sustain their commitment. With survey data and narratives of activists engaged in three commitment communities, the minds of activists involved in contentious politics are compared with those devoted to institutional and volunteering action. The book’s main argument is that activists of one commitment community have synchronized minds concerning the aim and means of their activism as they perceive common good (aim) and politics (means) through similar cognitive lenses. The book shows the importance of direct conversational contact with individuals in bringing about this synchronization. Assessing the synchronization within communities as well as the variation between them constitutes a major purpose of this book. It shows that activists construct and enact community-specific democratic cultures, thereby entering the public sphere through collective action. The book makes three major contributions. First, it emphasizes the necessity to return the study of the mind to research on activism, Second, it calls for an integrated relational perspective that rests on the structural, instrumental, and interpretative dimensions of social networks. Finally, it advocates a substantial integration of culture in the study of social movements by effectively valuing the role of culture in shaping a person’s mind. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-712292025-08-13T14:12:26Z Contentious Minds Passy, Florence Monsch, Gian-Andrea social movement activism contentious politics social networks mind cultural sociology protest participation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Why does the mind matter for joint action? Contentious Minds is a comparative study of how cognitive and relational processes allow activists to sustain their commitment. With survey data and narratives of activists engaged in three commitment communities, the minds of activists involved in contentious politics are compared with those devoted to institutional and volunteering action. The book’s main argument is that activists of one commitment community have synchronized minds concerning the aim and means of their activism as they perceive common good (aim) and politics (means) through similar cognitive lenses. The book shows the importance of direct conversational contact with individuals in bringing about this synchronization. Assessing the synchronization within communities as well as the variation between them constitutes a major purpose of this book. It shows that activists construct and enact community-specific democratic cultures, thereby entering the public sphere through collective action. The book makes three major contributions. First, it emphasizes the necessity to return the study of the mind to research on activism, Second, it calls for an integrated relational perspective that rests on the structural, instrumental, and interpretative dimensions of social networks. Finally, it advocates a substantial integration of culture in the study of social movements by effectively valuing the role of culture in shaping a person’s mind. 2021-07-09T02:05:43Z 2021-07-09T02:05:43Z 2021-07-08T11:25:38Z 2020 book ONIX_20210708_9780190078027_4 OCN: 1140013249 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49786 9780190078027 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71229 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49786/1/9780190078027.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49786/1/9780190078027.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49786/1/9780190078027.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780190078010.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780190078010.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9780190078027 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) New York 10BP12_188380 Open Access Books open access |
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