On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing

by Scheler, Max

• ISBN13: 9780226736716
• ISBN10: 0226736717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

One of the pioneers of modern sociology, Max Scheler (1874- 1928) ranks with Max Weber, Edmund Husserl, and Ernst Troeltsch as being among the most brilliant minds of his generation. Yet Scheler is now known chiefly for his philosophy of religion, despite his groundbreaking work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of emotions, and phenomenological sociology. This volume comprises some of Scheler's most interesting work--including an analysis of the role of sentiments in social interaction, a sociology of knowledge rooted in global social and cultural comparisons, and a cross-cultural theory of values--and identifies some of his important contributions to the discussion of issues at the forefront of the social sciences today. Editor Harold J. Bershady provides a richly detailed biographical portrait of Scheler, as well as an incisive analysis of how his work extends and integrates problems of theory and method addressed by Durkheim, Weber, and Parsons, among others. Harold J. Bershady, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author ofIdeology and Social Knowledgeand the editor ofSocial Class and Democratic Leadership. Heritage of Sociology series

Author Biography

Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction by Harold J. Bershady

The Emotions and Social Life

The Planes of Feeling

Community of Feeling, Fellow Feeling, Vicarious Feeling, Emotional Infection

Emotional Identification

Fellow Feeling, Benevolence, Forms and Kind of Love

The Meaning of Suffering

Negative Feelings and the Destruction of Values: Ressentiment

Knowledge and Social Life

Love and Knowledge

Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge

Formal Problems of the Sociology of Knowledge

Values and Social Life

The Spheres of Values

The Experience of the Value Nature of the Collectivity

The Structure of Values and Their Historical Variations

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

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