1st Edition

Framing Social Theory Reassembling the Lexicon of Contemporary Social Sciences

Edited By Paola Rebughini, Enzo Colombo Copyright 2023
174 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book proposes a reconstruction of contemporary social theory, focusing on thematic issues rather than on authors or schools of thought. In so doing, it endeavours to bridge epistemological approaches and locate critical claims shared by the main trajectories and notions of sociological theoretical debate. The book explores the current forms of social science theorization through the key... Read more

Introduction

Paola Rebughini and Enzo Colombo

1. Staying with the Trouble of Social Theory

Paola Rebughini and Enzo Colombo

2. Agency

Paola Rebughini

3. Anthropocene

Luigi Pellizzoni

4. Coloniality

Enzo Colombo and Paola Rebughini

5. Intersectionality

Helma Lutz

6. Othering

Rodney D. Coates

7. Singularization

Danilo Martuccelli

8. Technoscience

Federico Neresini

9. Uncertainty

Enzo Colombo

Biography

Paola Rebughini is Professor of Sociology of Culture at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Her research interests lie in social theory, agency in everyday life, social movements, cultural aspects of globalization processes and youth civic participation. She has published widely in top peer-reviewed journals. She is author of: Children of immigrants in a globalized world. A generational experience (2012, with E. Colombo); Youth and the Politics of the Present. Coping with Complexity and Ambivalence (2019, eds. with E. Colombo).

Enzo Colombo is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Intercultural Relations at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. His research interests lie in everyday multiculturalism, active citizenship, cultural aspects of the globalization process, young adults’ identification and civic participation. He has published in top peer-reviewed journals. He is author of Youth and the Politics of the Present. Coping with Complexity and Ambivalence (2019, eds. with P. Rebughini); Children of Immigrants in a Globalized World: A Generational Experience (2012, with P. Rebughini).