Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs

by Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Marx, Gary T.; Williams, Christine L.

• ISBN13: 9780520241374
• ISBN10: 0520241371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent scholars from all walks of the social sciences, reveal the range and depth of Smelser's influence--and his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behavior, higher education, the economy, and psychoanalysis. Contributors:Jeffrey C. Alexander, Nancy J. Chodorow, Burton R. Clark, Yiannis Gabriel, Arlie Russell Hochschild, James M. Jasper, Christian Joppke, Alberto Martinelli, Gary T. Marx, Lyn Spillman, Piotr Sztompka, R. Stephen Warner, Christine L. Williams, Robert Wuthnow, Viviana A. Zelizer

Table of Contents

1. Mastering Ambivalence: Neil Smelser as a Sociologist of Synthesis
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams
PART I: SELF
Introduction
Christine L. Williams	17	(4)
2. The Sociological Eye and the Psychoanalytic Ear
Nancy J. Chodorow	21	(17)
3. The Commodity Frontier
Arlie Russell Hochschild	38	(19)
4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption, Fragile Selves
Yiannis Gabriel	57	(20)
PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Introduction
Gary T. Marx	77	(5)
5. Rational Choice and Sociology
Alberto Martinelli	82	(21)
6. Enlisting Smelser's Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology of Religion's New Paradigm
R. Stephen Warner	103	(19)
7. Circuits of Commerce
Viviana A. Zelizer	122	(23)
8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure
Robert Wuthnow	145	(23)
9. The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society
Burton R Clark	168	(23)
PART III: BELIEFS
Introduction
Jeffrey C. Alexander	191	(4)
10. Primordial Beliefs and Immigration Policy: The Case of Britain's Patrials
Christian Joppke	195	(21)
11. Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation
Lyn Spillman	216	(18)
12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: From Psychoanalysis to Culture?
James M. Jasper	234	(20)
13. Shaping Sociological Imagination: The Importance of Theory
Piotr Sztompka	254	(15)
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	269	(4)
INDEX	273