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| 1 | Mastering ambivalence : Neil Smelser as a sociologist of synthesis | 1 |
| Pt. I | Self | |
| Introduction | 17 | |
| 2 | The sociological eye and the psychoanalytic ear | 21 |
| 3 | The commodity frontier | 38 |
| 4 | The glass cage : flexible work, fragmented consumption, fragile selves | 57 |
| Pt. II | Social structure | |
| Introduction | 77 | |
| 5 | Rational choice and sociology | 82 |
| 6 | Enlisting Smelser's theory of ambivalence to maintain progress in sociology of religion's new paradigm | 103 |
| 7 | Circuits of commerce | 122 |
| 8 | Trust as an aspect of social structure | 145 |
| 9 | The organizational foundations of university capability : differentiation and competition in the academic sector of society | 168 |
| Pt. III | Beliefs | |
| Introduction | 191 | |
| 10 | Primordial beliefs and immigration policy : the case of Britain's patrials | 195 |
| 11 | Causal reasoning, historical logic, and sociological explanation | 216 |
| 12 | Intellectual cycles of social movement research : from psychoanalysis to culture? | 234 |
| 13 | Shaping sociological imagination: the importance of theory | 254 |
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Michael Evans
reviewed Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs: Explorations in Sociology on June 09, 2013
Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs
I'm ambivalent about Gumbrecht. I think the chapter entitled "Beyond Meaning..." is wonderful and his illusion that power is more sinister than physical violence is politically and theoretically fruitful. But herein lies the most frustrating thing about this book: G. resists and negates the political implications of his work! The rest of the book reads as sentimental wallowing. It feels as if Gumbrecht has fallen prey to impulse male scholars have to "feminize" themselves and their disciplines, bemoaning their positions of entitlement and power for not being edgy enough. (See Braidotti's "Nomadic Subjects" for more on this comment.)
The long and short of it: At times, Gumbrecht reads as a baby. But Ch 3 is worth a read.
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