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Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking book cover

1st Edition

Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking

By Pierpaolo Donati Copyright 2021
262 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003146698, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a... Read more

Introduction: Towards a Relational Society

Part 1: The Emergence of Aftermodernity

1. Beyond the Modern Dilemma Freedom (Lib) vs Control (Lab): What After?

2. Overcoming the Market/State Binary Code

3. Shedding Light on Society through a Relational (Not Relationist) Gaze

Part 2: Insights into the Morphogenetic Changes of Social Morality

4. Relational Society as a Morphogenetic Configuration

5. The Morphogenesis of Social Morality

6. Morality and Social Networks

Part 3: Why and How Can the New Society be "Good"?

7. What Does the Good Life Consist Of?

8. The Emergence of New Social Subjects Generating Relational Goods

Part 4: The Hybridisation of Society: Shall We Forget About its Human Character?

9. The New Scenario of a Hybridised Society

10. Prospects: Should We Abandon the Dream of a Human(e) Society?

Biography

Pierpaolo Donati is Alma Mater Professor (PAM) of Sociology at the University of Bologna, Italy. Former President of the Italian Sociological Association, he is the author of Relational Sociology: A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences, co-author of The Relational Subject, and co-editor of Social Science, Philosophy and Theology in Dialogue.

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