The Art and Science of Sociology

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Honoring the work of Edward A. Tiryakian

The book consists of a volume of essays in honor of the outstanding sociologist, Edward A. Tiryakian; whose work has spanned a considerable number of countries, regions and topics. He has been highly influential, particularly in American and French sociology.

The contributors include such luminaries as Alan Sica, Bryan Turner, George Ritzer, John Simpson, Piotr Sztompka, Hans Joas, Roland Robertson and John Torpey.

The contributions range across the numerous works of Tiryakian. These include his relationship with the great scholar Pitirim Sorokin, his existentialist sociology, metasociology, his contribution to modernization theory, his important work on civilizations, and his mediation between European and American sociology. Other contributions include chapters on global studies, Max Weber, multiple modernities and the axial age and the work of Robert Bellah on human evolution.

Introduction; 1. The Dynamo and the Diplomat: Tiryakian’s Role in Preserving Sorokin’s Reputation - Alan Sica; 2. Edward Tiryakian and Modernization Theory: A Very Special Relationship - Wolfgang Knöbl; 3. Developmental Path (Entwicklungsform): A Neglected Weberian Concept and its Usefulness in Civilizational Analysis of Islam - Saïd Amir Arjomand; 4. The Existential Sociology of Edward Tiryakian: Toward an Integrated Paradigm - Andrey Melnikov; 5. Comparative Reflections on Sociology and Conservatism: The Contributions of Edward A. Tiryakian - Bryan S. Turner; 6. Contemporary Changes in the Processes of Social Differentiation: Towards an Analytical Version of the Theory - Alfonso Pérez-Agote; 7. Considerations on Global Studies - Roland Robertson; 8. Honoring Edward Tiryakian as a Metasociologist: A Metaconceptual Analysis of Prosumption and Related Concepts - George Ritzer; 9. Dangerous Nouns of Process: Differentiation, Rationalization, Modernization - Hans Joas; 10. Modernization as Social Becoming (Ten Theses on Modernization) - Piotr Sztompka; 11. Religion and Evolution - John Simpson; 12. The “Axial Age” vs. Weber’s Comparative Sociology of the World Religions - John Torpey

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• Sociologie, société et politique
• Social theory

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• Publié par: Anthem Press
• Date de parution: 06 juillet 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783085545
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Art and Science of Sociology
Key Issues in Modern Sociology
This series publishes scholarly texts by leading social theorists that give an accessible exposition of the major structural changes in modern societies. The volumes in the series address an academic audience through their relevance and scholarly quality, and connect sociological thought to public issues. The series covers both substantive and theoretical topics, as well as addressesthe works of major modern sociologists. The series emphasis is on modern developments in sociology with relevance to contemporary issues such as globalization, warfare, citizenship, human rights, environmental crises, demographic change, religion, postsecularism and civil conflict.
Series Editor
Simon Susen - City University London, UK
Editorial Board
Thomas Cushman - Wellesley College, USA
Peter Kivisto - Augustana College, USA
Rob Stones - University of Western Sydney, Australia
Richard Swedberg - Cornell University, USA
Stephen Turner - University of South Florida, USA
Darin Weinberg - University of Cambridge, UK

The Art and Science of Sociology
Essays in Honor of Edward A. Tiryakian
Edited by Roland Robertson and John Simpson
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Tiryakian, Edward A., honoree.
Title: The art and science of sociology : essays in honor of Edward A.
Tiryakian / edited by Roland Robertson and John Simpson.
Description: London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, [2016] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016003917 | ISBN 9781783085644 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Sociology.
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CONTENTS
List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Roland Robertson and John Simpson Chapter 1. The Dynamo and the Diplomat: Tiryakian s Role in Preserving Sorokin s Reputation Alan Sica Chapter 2. Edward Tiryakian and Modernization Theory: A Very Special Relationship Wolfgang Kn bl Chapter 3. Developmental Path ( Entwicklungsform ): A Neglected Weberian Concept and Its Usefulness in the Civilizational Analysis of Islam Sa d Amir Arjomand Chapter 4. The Existential Sociology of Edward Tiryakian: Toward an Integrated Paradigm Andrey Melnikov Chapter 5. Comparative Reflections on Sociology and Conservatism: The Contributions of Edward A. Tiryakian Bryan S. Turner Chapter 6. Contemporary Changes in the Processes of Social Differentiation: Toward an Analytical Version of the Theory Alfonso P rez-Agote Chapter 7. Considerations on Global Studies Roland Robertson Chapter 8. Honoring Edward Tiryakian as a Metasociologist: A Metaconceptual Analysis of Prosumption and Related Concepts George Ritzer Chapter 9. Dangerous Nouns of Process: Differentiation, Rationalization, Modernization Hans Joas Chapter 10. Modernization as Social Becoming: Ten Theses on Modernization Piotr Sztompka Chapter 11. Religion and Evolution John Simpson Chapter 12. The Axial Age vs. Weber s Comparative Sociology of the World Religions John Torpey
Edward A. Tiryakian s Publications
Index
FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures
8.1 The prosumption continuum
8.2 The prosumption continuum with phases of production and consumption
Tables
6.1 European identity and trust of Spaniards and Europeans in European institutions
6.2 Trust of Spaniards and Europeans in political institutions
6.3 Some data on Spaniards opinions, 2011 and 2013
CONTRIBUTORS
Sa d Amir Arjomand (PhD, University of Chicago, 1980) is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies. He is the founder and president of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies and editor of its interdisciplinary organ, Journal of Persianate Studies . He has published extensively in humanities and social science journals, and is the author of several books, including The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Organization and Societal Change in Shi ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890 (1984; 2nd ed., 2010); The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran (1988); and, most recently, Worlds of Difference (with Elisa Reis, 2013) and Social Theory and Regional Studies in the Global Age (2014).
Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion in the Theological Faculty of Humboldt University, Berlin, and a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, where he is also a member of the Committee on Social Thought. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of T bingen (Germany) and Uppsala University (Sweden) and received the Niklas Luhmann Prize (Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis) in 2010 and the Hans Kilian Prize in 2013. Among his recent books in English are Faith as an Option: Possible Futures for Christianity (2014), The Sacredness of the Person: A New Genealogy of Human Rights (2013) and War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present (with Wolfgang Kn bl, 2012).
Wolfgang Kn bl is currently professor of social science at the Institute of Sociology, Georg August University, G ttingen, Germany. In recent years he was fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies in Erfurt, Germany. His main research areas are political and historical sociology, social theory, and the history of sociology. Among his main publications are Die Kontingenz der Moderne: Wege in Europa, Asien und Amerika (2007); Social Theory: Twenty Introductory Lectures (with Hans Joas, 2009) and War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present (with Hans Joas, 2012).
Andrey Melnikov is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at East Ukrainian National University (Lugansk, Ukraine), where he has taught since 2006. In 2010 he received his PhD in sociology from Kharkiv National University (Kharkiv, Ukraine) with a dissertation on the sociological theory of Edward Tiryakian. He has published more than fifty articles and chapters in books in the fields of existential sociology, history and theory of sociology, social media, and the transformational processes in Ukrainian society. In 2009 he received The Best Young Ukrainian Sociologist Award from the Institute of Sociology of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences.
Alfonso P rez-Agote is professor emeritus of sociology at Complutense University of Madrid. He is the coordinator of the research group, Groupe Europ en de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur le Changement Religieux. His main research topics are collective identities (cultural, religious, political), religious change and secularization and the contemporary crisis of democracy and the new forms of social mobilization. His books include Les Nouveaux Rep res de l Identit Collective en Europe (1999), La Situaci n de la Religi n en Espa a a Principios del Siglo XXI (2005), The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism (2006), Religi n y Pol tica en la Sociedad Actual (2008), La Nueva PluralidadReligiosa (2009), Barrios Multiculturales (2010), Cambioreligioso en Espa a: losAvatares de la Secularizaci n (2012), Portraits du Catholicisme: Une ComparaisonEurop enne (2012) and The Intimate: Polity and the Catholic Church (2015).
George Ritzer , Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, was named a Distinguished-Scholar Teacher there and received the Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA). He holds an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University, Melbourne, and the Robin William Lectureship from the Eastern Sociological Society. He has chaired four sections of the ASA: Theoretical Sociology, Organizations and Occupations, Global and Transnational Sociology and the History of Sociology. Among his books on theory are Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science (1975 [1980]) and Metatheorizing in Sociology (1991). In the application of social theory to the social world, his books include The McDonaldization of Society (8th ed., 2015), Enchanting a Disenchanted World (3rd ed., 2010) and The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007). His books have been translated into over twenty languages, with over a dozen translations of The McDonaldization of Society alone. Most of his work over the last decade-and currently-deals with prosumption.
Roland Robertson is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh; professor emeritus of sociology a